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HeartWants

and when day finally lays quiet
beneath the lazy yawn of an
late October moon
there in that moment when
I can finally exhale
all alone in the darkness
I witness a thousand dreams
dancing through the shadows
of my mind
each and every one in the form
of restless images of us

yearning thoughts of you
create long and endless hours
born of broken lipped buttercups
misplaced upon shores
of moon worn beaches
where our hearts
once found each other

I find myself wrapped so tightly
in this weave of memories
that I can hardly breathe
I can barely move
I can only let go
of today
and freefall backwards through time
collecting forgotten people and places
along the way
as I desperately try to scrape
all the barren yesterdays
from the crevices of my soul

all the while
shamelessly bartering
heartwants for hearttruths
leaving all my reality and
most of my sanity behind
I plunge helplessly
through moments already lived
sprinkling embers of hope across all
that we have become
dusting the lonely of time its self
with the sparkle of wanton destiny
wishing I could exchange
'what is' for 'what could be'

waking to the sighs
of a softly crying dawn
I remembered why
we are where we are
trading our memories
for my sanity
beneath the sound of falling rain
as hope washes away
all the loneliness of night
reassuring me
again and again
that everything is
as it should be

© LadyRaine