Verses for B

I see in the faces of strangers I meet

Faint echoes of your lovely smile

That smile, the one I miss so dearly now

The same one that hides a thousand truths,

That lights up your eyes,

That calls my name and brings me home

My soul will find its way to you

I know this like I know the skies are blue

Like I know not to touch a fire

Like autumn before winter, spring before summer

I’ll find my way in time to you

To the far away shores of your warm embrace

I hear your voice in crowded rooms

And in the ethereal silence

Of my quiet time; it is then my darling

That I write to you the little verses

I’ll read to you to make you smile

When in time I find my way back,

Back home to you

To hold your hands in mine

As we walk slowly through the streets

To the sound of passing cars and barking dogs

Will be for me a dream fulfilled

And if the earth should swallow me then

I’ll go on my merry way

A man at peace with the world he leaves

Except, I still want to kiss you

To carry you off your feet

Like I’ve seen Bogart do in the movies

And place upon your charming lips

A kiss that’ll say to you in a moment

All the things I failed to write

And all the things I’ve dared to dream

I’ve heard it said that only children dream

But I dreamt a dream I found an angel

A vivid dream I still remember

My dreams came through with you

So now I know that I’ll be fine

Through this sojourn and more to come

If at night you sing for me

And call my name before you sleep