Always Here.

I’ve never seen your pretty face
Except in pictures you have sent,
But every line I’ve tried to trace
In dreams where so much time is spent.

You live inside my heart some way,
You always have, you always will-
A love I know is here to stay,
A need that only you can fill.

But all you ever need to do
To make me happy as can be,
Is let me stay in touch with you.
I love enough to set you free.

But freedom doesn’t mean to leave
Or shed the love of one dear man,
If you are happy I won’t grieve,
But let me love you as I can.

A love that sees into your heart,
And speaks the beauty that I know,
From this you should not be apart-
This gift for you, don’t let it go.

Hold on, for I am always here.
One love that you will never lose,
I’ll hold you tenderly my dear,
Whatever life that you may choose.

John H. Bidwell