Destiny

Destiny:

A chance meeting of two souls

Eyes connecting across the square

Hundreds of people walk by as we stand still

Two frozen figures connected from the very depth of our being

We go unnoticed by the world here

Somehow my feet have drawn me closer to you

Somehow we floated together without me telling my feet to move

Closer, each step, each moment

Like magnets drawn from opposite sides of the world

Wanting, no, needing to be together

Face to face, a few feet separate us

You smile a grin that makes me no longer stand but float away

There is no need for words

For there are none

Our souls whisper what our mouths cannot

A moments passes, a breathe and I am in your arms

Kissing you with a passion unknown to most

I am unsure who moved first but that does not matter

For this was no chance meeting

This was destiny, drawing our hearts together

No one notices our embrace, for this is Paris the city of Love...

Time passes as a dream

Because this love is not allowed

We are two separate beings from two separate worlds

Will this last, I do not know

but you are here and I am here

Wrapped up in this marvelous dream

But I do not care, I can dream with you forever...

Today something is wrong,

Your embrace, your touch, your eyes say it

Even as the rest of the world fades

Your worries, your heart cries out to me.

I beg you to share

You say things have changed

You say that you must go...and I must stay

The world calls us back, reality beckons

You say this was a beautiful dream

But just that -- a dream

Silent tears of disbelief trace the lines of horror in my face...

And you walk away...

Music, reason, color, love, life, all are meaningless...

They fade away...

No! this cannot be...I won't accept it

And so I stay

Walking these streets we once walked together...

Tracing the foot steps we once shared

A cursed shadow tied to the piano you played in this once beautiful cafe

Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget

No one knows my heartache

No one sees my tears as I sit here in the corner of this once beautiful cafe

I sit waiting for you, watching the icing harden on my roll...

I do not care to eat, to breathe

Without you, life, breathe, everything is not needed

People brush past, I sit here unnoticed by the world

No one interrupts my unbroken gaze at nothing

Not even the cafe workers bother me anymore

Muffled voices attack my solitude

It is getting busy, I should leave

Yes it is later then I thought, that would be the best.

Will I ever be woken from this murderous slumber?

A sigh escapes my lips as I carry my untouched roll to the counter

Uttering empty thanks I walk away meeting no one's gaze

And just in time

A destroyer of my fragile solitude begins to coax a gentle melody out of the once beautiful piano

Tear burst forth from my eyes as the memories I had, now shatter upon this melody

No, NO! I must leave, I must run, I cannot hear this, not this...

This melody...deep hatred...this destroyer has no right

I must go, I must run, Now!

As I reach the door, I must look back

I must see the face of this destroyer, I must

Slowly I turn and look at that dark piano in the corner

No, this is an evil trick of my mind, my eyes

I want to look away, I have to look away, but I cannot

You do not see me, your eyes are shut

No emotion escapes except a single tear that traces a hard line down your cheek

I cannot move, even for those pushing past me

In utter despair, my legs leave me

My heart and mouth scream your name

And I am on the floor, weeping

The music has stopped, was it ever really there?

Were you ever really there?

No this is a cruel trick by my mind

A last ditch effort to grasp sanity

Yet now I feel your arms around me

If I will lose my sanity, this is the way to go

This smell, Your smell that rolls off your skin, intertwining with your hair

It intoxicates me

the warmth from your arms, O how I wish this were real!

I must stop this illusion before I go mad

I push it back forcing myself to reality

But this illusion is strong

Your face, your grasp, even my tears that have stained your shirt...

“This is not real.”

That Look which would have broken my heart if this was you..

“Not real? I am here, I love You, ONLY YOU!!!

This is Me holding you, this is me Loving you!'

I shake my head, trying to dissolve this beautiful illusion

“I will show you”

You grasp my face, looking into my eyes desperately and kiss me

This passion wakes me from my numbed slumber

You search my soul, whispering, “I love you, only you!”

And somehow, as your breathe tickles my lips, I know it is you

This is real, You are here and you do Love me

And this is all that matters,

You holding me, you loving me, this is all that matters!

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