Sonnetsong

I held you close as moonlight holds the sea
No chain, no cage, just presence vast and true
You were the hush between the breath and plea
A flame that didn't know what fire could do

I gave it all, the steadiness of stars
The gentlest hand to trace your shadowed grace
You dwelled within my soul's unspoken scars
And left your scented song in every place

'I'm here, you said, and I believed it whole
Not as a guest, but one who meant to stay
Yet now that silence wraps your absent soul
I grieve the vow your presence would not say

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

You kissed me once, as if the world stood still
For me, your lips could fold the stars in two
But love, I learned, is not just heat or will
It's what remains when all that heat is through

You never saw the crown you placed on me
Too blinded by the fear of being known
But I still rose, though brought down to my knee
A man who gave and left to grieve alone

'I'm here, you said, and I believed it whole
Not as a guest, but one who meant to stay
Yet now that silence wraps your absent soul
I grieve the vow your presence would not say

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

What love is this that walks when it is brought
An edge was reached from which no man returns
A chance discarded, every heartstring fraught
I stood and left while still my poor heart yearns

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh