Day after day,

Night after night,

I lie awake;

Thinking of you

Hoping against hope

That a miracle;

A miracle of all miracles might

Just happen

(But I know it won’t).

I smile, dreaming of your face

Dreaming of how you will take me in your arms;

Dreaming of how you’ll hold me

So close

So tight

So lovingly that the aching past,

The tired tears,

Will vanish from my memory

And yours

(But I know it won’t).

I close my eyes blissfully

Recalling in my mind

How you promised me that this love,

Our love,

Was unbreakable,

Imperishable;

Forever to keep and treasure for the rest of our lives together.

I remember this and more

And blindly tell myself

That it will last.

(But I know it won’t).

That you will come back to me

That you will hold me again

That you will love me again

That you will whisper those sweet

(Empty)

Promises into my ear

Till I am satisfied

And content.

But I know it won’t.

It won’t happen.

Ó Copyright 1998 by Tiff