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Half a century I have walked the earth this time. Chasing what? Following the echo of something always just beyond my reach. The ghost of what should have been whispering my name in the night. Faded hope and failed dreams my penance. I have felt you there my whole life. No name to put to the feeling. So far past and yet within me still. Finally, an answer.
Broken heart and broken hands folded in prayer beg for an end. Where did the music go? How can another hold what is mine? What is given can never be taken back. Locked within, with no way out. How can life be so hard? Dear God, where are you? How do I go on? More than two hundred years! When is it enough? I failed you then, and I failed myself. I have paid the price. I pay it still. But I will not make the same mistake again. I will follow you for two thousand more if it must be so. I hear the name in my dreams, but it will not be the same now. Are you with me now? Have you already gone again? Did I miss you in this life as well? Sweet Melissa! The music comes and goes. It fades slowly in and out, but my love for you only grows stronger with each life. I love you without end. Will you forever be just beyond my reach? Will I ever hold you again? Can you hear me? Please, dear God. Have mercy! For love's sake give her back to me. © 1999 by D. Ron Mack Written 6/17/99 |
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