Love Departing

I hold the flame as it flickers and dies, Watching love departing through tear-filled eyes, I can taste the bitter tears as they flow, Now I feel the sharp sting of twilight's woe Alone in the night, taunting spirits rise, They hold a mirror to my empty eyes, These eyes that once reflected Heaven's light, Now cold and dim like this relentless night On a dark, rough sea, my fragile boat's tossed, The heart's burial ground for the loved and lost, My heart's been shattered beyond all repair, It licks its wounds, sensing death in the air For one sweet moment, I basked in love's hue, Then with a poisoned tip, the arrow flew, Piercing my heart, bringing me to my knees, But Heaven ignores lovers' tragedies My heart has become a graveyard for dreams, Dead are the hopes..... all the plans and the schemes, The bridge has been crossed, no love to reclaim, Yet the dying heart tries to fan love's spent flame But weak are the echoes of my sad song, No comfort comes from the angelic throng, My voice alone amidst silence is heard, Gone.... lost forever.... love's comforting word