Searching

Searching


I looked it up in the dictionary, this thing love
I found attraction, desire and admiration there
But the emotion I feel for you is too far above
For any of these tedious words to compare

So I looked it up in a poem, this thing devotion
I found heart and soul, hope, truth and certainty
And Mr. Frost said it was more than the shore to the ocean
But my devotion to you is more than just inevitability

Still I searched to define my longing with some symbol
Shakespeare told me it was a course never to run smooth
And in your embrace it is true, I feel I will melt away or crumble
But even this is not a fit portrait of the way my heart moves

So I sought in the place I knew my loyal heart was bound
I touched your sweet face and looked there in your eyes
In them the knowledge I had been searching for was finally found
Awareness that I will never again know the pain of goodbye