So Long

Imagine you find my words
scrawled on paper that has yellowed with age,
all of these lines I've constructed for you,
dug out from the bottom of a dusty box
in a cobweb clouded attic...
imagine that my voice is no longer present
to bring them to life,
would you wish for another second to hear me
telling you what you've meant to me?

And I am not really sure
that words can bridge the gap,
tear down the horizon standing like a black wall
between our bodies,
but I'll never stop pouring myself onto the page
in hope that your eyes still find me
breathing in the spaces between these letters,
that you can still hear me
telling you just how much I care for you.

I know that my words are not diamonds,
but rough stones painted to be presentable,
and I may not be
the most wonderful man walking the earth,
far from it actually,
and that my most valuable possession
if the dual combination of my love and dreams,
but I've given them both to you
and I hope that maybe it can all add up to something
as beautiful as you deserve.

Maybe I can't give all of the things I wish I could
and perhaps I'll never buy you an island,
take you to a distant shore with a sea so clear
you can see miles below,
but when you look into my eyes
I hope that you can see that there are things inside
that belong to you,
that there is nothing in this world
I could ever desire more than your happiness.

I am not the best at giving up on things
that are worthwhile
and I am not the type to quit running
no matter what the weather or the road may hold,
and I know we're worth it,
and I know that you are worth it,
and I believe that you feel the same way
so maybe these words cannot bring us through time and space
but I will keep filling the pages of this book,
filling the world with smears of ink
until I can no longer put pen to page,
until you can fall asleep knowing that you are loved
with everything that makes me who I am.

So long as you will take these words of mine
I will provide them,
so long as you will be unafraid to give love
I will protect it,
so long as you will want this heart of mine
I will offer it,
so long as you will allow yourself to fall
I will catch you,
so long as you will miss these arms
I will open them,
so long as you will dream of me
I will dream of you,
so long as you will love this man
I will be yours.