alchemy

i lived and laughed and loved
and all the while
i longed for you
looking for you everywhere
i hungered for your touch
until the day you came to me

when we first kissed
i knew
i had loved you
from the beginning of time

we two
had shared
the formation of the stars
the heavens
the earth
and now we were held
in their embrace

but alas
you didn't come to stay
though i had thought
it would be so

the pain i felt
the day you left
was grief
i thought i could not bear
but kept it close to me
as deeply as i could
for my grief
seemed all
that remained of you
and if i could stand the pain
somehow
i'd still be holding you

the time arrived
for you to go
for me to allow my pain
to become a shadow
a faded trust

as i found the courage
to let go
i discovered within
the love inside
held for you
transformed
and i became
our own love story