Love Shines Eternal

With a candlelight existence,
They experience sweet comfort
And gentle truth only through
The rain that unconditionally beats
On the windowpanes of their hearts.
It is a whisper in the silence
A light in the dark
A song on the wind
And for them, it is enough
Until those nights when the constant
Drumming turns to torment
And they reach for that one thing
They cannot have...yet.
The shattered fragments of regret
And unspoken desire crash to the floor
And they hold their ears, lest their heart
Fall apart completely.
Such sweet misery, such dear torture
Cruel and kind in the same measure
As they each remember the kiss,
The touch, the heartbeat of the other.
Finding the insanity unbearable.
They find solace in promises on a screen
And in the meanderings of haunting lyrics,
Those things they wish for in the night
Are those things that remain in the light of day
Fragile and weathered things
That remain long after the dust has faded
And floated down to coat them both.
Those are the things they breathe for
And fight for and die for.
Those are the things that make the promise
Of tomorrow bearable.
On the shore of destiny
They will once more meet
And they will find that in that joining
The stars shine brighter, the moon grows fuller
but there is certainty in them both
That every step from then to now
Was worth it.
That every tear shed
That every single prayer
Was answered with one gentle embrace.
For in the midst of darkness
Love shines eternal!

©Ruth Langford September 20, 2010