Oh, how often had I played the fool

Yearning to steal but just one glance

At the liquid mercury, silver and cool

Mysterious eyes that induced a trance

Mesmerized even now after many years

I avert my eyes and stare at your cheek

I force myself to remember all the tears

But to no avail, I feel my heart going weak

From across the room, they hold me captive

I have no will to fight only a will to succumb

In this room my heart weeps, if only to forgive

I gather morsels of memory, crumb by little crumb

Gather all that has ever been between you and I

Like in quicksand I sink deeper the more I resist

I tremble from the struggle in an effort not to cry

Rushing to you now my heart clenched like a fist

But once there I pull you tight against my chest

Emotions bursting through like new light at dawn

Your haunted, loving eyes will never let me rest

I hug your photograph pretending you’re not gone.