*Nikki*

There are words that just won't come
No matter how I try to speak them
I can't find them inside this twisted heart
Black around the edges
Tender and soft
An angel perhaps
Killing the devil that hides
The miles that separate
The feelings and the soft side
Images burning in my eyes
Torture me
Take me
Places I never wanted to see
To late now to realize
Hours that we never spent
Moments that faded so fast
Time that somehow just went
Sitting on the edge of life
Remembering those little things
That pulled you through to the next day
Withering memories
The branches breaking in the wind
You used to climb that same tree
Now you sit beneath
Wondering how to get to the top again
Or if you ever will
Taking my hand inside of yours
You pull me to my feet
Looking over the days that have so quickly passed
I thank someone I don't really know
For leading me on this path
My heart breaking over things I just can't show
You pull me along side of you and kiss me so tenderly
I almost forgot for a second
This dream is not reality
Your up ahead there in the distance behind my eyes
Green and blues fading
Thoughts and dreams never realized
You bring me here and pull me close
Your arms surrounding
A tender ghost
Haunted I am by your lips and touch
Begging to need something I know this much
I close my eyes and give in to the feelings
Knowing that when I open them
The images will be fleeting
Just in case I forget what this is like
Promise me you will never know someone else this way
The thought of you giving her your love
Would kill me slowly every day
I never knew these feelings could take over my soul
I never knew such joy would be found
In letting something go
I am stepping back away from my fears
New ideas have replaced
Things I only conquered once with tears
Who knows the new person
Who is waiting on the other side
Who would have thought
She had so much pride
Lead me near and lead me far
I will follow you until I can walk no more
Until our final days come calling
Old and gray we will sit and stare
Looking at each other and just knowing
This love can surpass anything
Centuries will keep on turning
Decades of birth and death
This flame in our hearts though
Never to be put out
Never ending