MAYBE…

If love is

what it is meant to be

Why do we need yesterday

to breathe?

Why does tomorrow

have to be

the bird

with the broken wing

Her anguished calls

tormenting the skies

As she yearns

for the flight

denied

by destiny?

But today is what it is

An empty horizon

that changes its garb

From blush

To night

And back to light

Like clockwork

While we stand here

at the pivot

of times hands

Rooted

Turning

Yet tethered

to the shifting sands

that sift

from under our dreams

If you are strong enough

to say goodbye

then say it

I’m way too weak.

Or maybe

You’re weak enough

to give up

And I’m way too strong

to believe

that the skies

can hold love back

from me!

But maybe

Just maybe

We can both hold on

Stand fast

Be utterly strong

And force the hands of time

to stand still

And move

only

when they can take us along

Drenching

in the wayward trickles

of love-spills

Maybe

Just maybe

The stars will shudder

again

in delight

And the violins

will slit their throats

tonight

And the dawn

will flame

with your caressing writes

And the rainbows

will bleach

to pristine white

And the earth

will give up

its spinning rite

And your songs

will cause

the heavens to ignite

Maybe

yearning hearts

will once again unite

in the mellifluous glow

of the divine light.

Maybe,

Tonight is the night….

MS