One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize!
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eek my name be wiped out likewise.
Not so (quoth I), let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your virtues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name;
Where, whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.Bewitching Snow
It’s crazy how bewitching it is tonight
Everything’s frosted and still
The whole world is holding its breath
As we crunch through the softness
Hand in hand.
The purple-grey sky is a blanket
and the world sleeps underneath
with sugar-plum branches
and sugar-snow icing
that frosts everything
magical.
The powdered ice-sugar
sifts down
catching my eyelashes as I look up
the air turns your breath to frost as you lean in
and your hand is warm in mine.
It’s crazy how bewitching you are tonight
As we lay here so close and so still
I feel your touch and I’m holding my breath
As we look to the future
Hand in hand.
Tangled here in this blanket
wrapped tight in your arms underneath.
The touch of your skin
the scent of your breath
suddenly everything’s
magical.
Your soft lips
graze mine
catching my eyelashes as I look down
the night dances with our breath as we lean in
and your heart is warm next to mine.
Confessing my love for you,
was the best thing I've ever done.
Because the moment I did that,
in this game called "life", I've won.
I've won God's greatest treasure,
his most sacred and beautiful prize.
I see his aurora of perfection,
every time I look in your eyes.
I love you more than words can say,
you're simply what makes me whole.
The day I get to say that to your face,
is when I'll complete my life's goal.
There's no end to my feelings for you,
its something I just can't explain.
I love you-but its more than that,
inside its driving me insane.
I still don't think that you know,
how much these words are real.
Because deep down inside of me,
theres no way of expressing how I truly feel.
I pray that there'll be a way,
for us to somehow be together.
Life without you just is so empty,
I wish to be with you forever.
As long as we have each other,
nothing else in this world could matter.
Because our love will last an eternity,
there's no way it could ever shatter.
You're the reason I smile everyday,
You're the one person I can call mine.
You're the reason my life has meaning,
You're my everlasting sunshine.
You're the reason for everything now,
the reason I breathe, the reason I'm alive.
I can't look at life without you,
because baby you're what makes me survive.
So as I sit here on this lonely night,
I ask God to someday lead me to you.
Because this love we share seems like a dream,
if only this dream would come true...
When it hurts so bad,
why does it feel so good?
I wish this all made sense,
I wish I understood.
Not having you here with me is tearing me up inside,
but I can't stop thinking about you no matter how hard I try.
You know how I feel about you,
and I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you,
but it's so hard to do when I can't even be next to you.
Why does it gotta be so complicated?
Loving you feels so right,
but at the same time,
knowing I can't have you keeps me awake at night.
I just want this to be simple,
I just want you here with me,
to look into your eyes,
be held in your arms...then I'd truly be happy.
Right now this distance between us is out of our control,
but I'm still hoping one day soon,
I'll get what I'm wishing for.