LOST

*music&lyrics: Rhonda S. Galizia

I walk the avenue
For just one glimpse of you,
Not knowing what to do
- Or who - I can turn to!

For if you go away
There'll be no chance to say
Just what I need to say:
That I love You!

Don't leave me here this way
This path will lead astray
If we could just embrace
I believe - you would -  never - leave me!

Lonely, this avenue
When there's no trace of you
My heart, now torn in two
And bleeding - with love - for you...

Don't lead me on this way;
Truly, there will come a day
You cannot - run away -
For - ever!

I want to take your hand,
Show you,  I understand
I just want to
Make it all better!

If this were just a tryst, 
A simple lover's kiss
Would soothe all the anguish
Away!

This crowded avenue
Has shown no sign of you
The search is nearly through;
I must admit that - it's over!

My tears, like sparkling wine
Are vintage in their time:
A moment so Divine,
Oh, how can I tell you?

Now I go running through
This sacred avenue; 
I caught a glimpse of you
-- Just a moment ago!

As my heart pounds its beat
I'm pounding down the street,
Struggling, to see you

When only blocks apart,
I feel the panic start
--- Oh, why - couldn't I - teach you?

About the saving grace
That keeps me, in this place
When, I, too, want to escape
Life's harsh - realities!

My blood pounds through my veins:
My love for you remains
True - without spot - without blemish

If I could tell you so
Then, you could always know
Somebody - truly does - love you!

This noisy avenue
Disguises even you
Who stands out -
That one,  in a million!

And then the screaming starts
I hear the screeching cars
Dear God, I must reach you...

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This barren avenue
No longer waits for you
It's me -- I simply do
Long for your sweetness.

Two years have passed away
But still, unto this day,
I am walking...to find you.

Destruction has cut its path
Into my life -- to last --
It's so lonely, without you!

Tomorrow, I'll search again
My search will never end;
I can't make it  - without you!

I stop to rest awhile
Closed eyes, I feel your smile;
It ended all too soon...

Yet, deep inside of me
Behind the misery
I found a new-born peace,
Because, Darling - I will - see you again!

The day this avenue
Stole precious life from you
I remember - never feeling - so lost...

And it was not until
My heart could just be still,
That I was handed
Your tiny -  golden cross!

Gripped, inside your bloody hand
It helped me to understand,
Though run down, on this avenue
You really were not...lost.

C.2003 Rhonda S. Galizia  All Rights Reserved.

*On 6/25/03 This whole song just poured out of me, at my piano.  I just found the words again, today.  Sadly, I now have no memory of the accompanying music...