Lost Forever
You came into my life, Wendy,
And then left as fleeting as a rainbow;
but not before you made me see.
There was this gaping hole growing
with time that passed as a broken clock.
The mind counts the days, weeks, months, and years;
and the body stays as stone.
It was time to live again.
Tinkerbell led the way back.
I'll admit I had hoped you were waiting for me.
Beautiful blue eyes shining with hope and wonder.
A new adventure we would share together.
To feel your touch every night,
to tuck children into bed,
to scare away their nightmares,
to love so deeply until it aches –
that would be an awfully big adventure.
But you had moved on.
The old house stood as still as Neverland time.
I took it for abandoned, yet I stayed.
Days, weeks, months, and years passed.
The body now counts with the mind;
and though a thief may eat, the heart still wanes.
Your gaze would never hold mine again.
I let you go...again.
A speck of pixie dust gave me wavering flight,
but aged eyes could not dicern the guiding star.
When you left, and I knew it was for good,
That gaping hole swallowed me.
Now I’m lost forever, and forever is an awfully long time.