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Always Here
By La Belle Rouge

there was never enough joy
to outweigh the heavy sorrow
nor smiles to dry the tears

but then there comes a time
when tears cease to fall
having been futile in the past

we understand this, don’t we?
you and I know about tears
and time…. how it stretches out
like a desolate highway to nowhere

yet we walk until our feet blister
and our hearts begin to fail
on a long journey we tire of

if there is a thing called forgiveness
there is no forgetfulness
except in dreams or death

if your heart is hard and cold
let it not be so toward me
mine is supple and warm toward you

I could not be where you were
when you were alone and cold
when you still had hope

but I am here now, far but near
always here, always here

when you muse on the myth of love
as melancholy poets often do
then you swear it’s only an illusion

think of me, remember me
flesh and blood a nuance of love

far but near, always here
forever here




9/30/2009 La Belle Rouge

"Poetry, Love Whispers"




Music "Faded Love"