Seconds

Upon your face

I can't help but notice

There is a trace of loneliness

A smile, like rays of sunshine

Spewed out from the hands of God himself

But through your eyes I enter

Into another realm

Where raging storms, much like prisoners,

Are held captive

Anxiously awaiting their release

You are here, but your heart, it longs

For someplace,

for something—else

Where will you go?

And when will you leave?

What a world in which we exist

Love,

hate,

death,

loneliness

All of which, we must perceive

Given no option, but to live

With the sorrow in our eyes

My dear, so sudden

like a whisper in the wind, you are gone

But so brave,

so strong, you are

to kiss this life you've worked to build

farewell and goodbye

And for this, I must confess

I have fallen for you

If you choose to return,

I will find you once more,

I will not waste a second

I will grab your hand

before you can reach for the door.