I hide my heart when I see you
Though only just barely
And I struggle, oh do I struggle
To keep from crying,
Or from taking you in my arms and
Refusing to let go
Until the sadness lifts, and the pain stops
Until the loneliness, which crept into my soul
As a thief, and robbed the life and light
From me, from my very being
Subsides, and I may at long last breath again
For your leaving was, as it were
The last light of the setting sun
When the final twinkling of its rays dies
And the chill hand of darkness falls
Leaving all things breathless and cold
Longing silently, to drink again, deeply
The warm embrace of the morning star
So too when you cast me aside
The final twinkling of my eyes died
My heartbeat and breath faded
In rhythm with your footsteps
Echoing as drums within my head
Though they grew more and more faint
Until both your steps and my heartbeat
Were not but phantoms of what once was
And my very essence gave a voiceless cry
Spilling my love, my loss, all that I was
The agony I felt into the uncaring world
My soul withering within me
Until all that was left was an empty shell
A dry husk of the man who loves you
The man who died, when you walked away

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