dormant so long
my life's potential
you shocked me awake
startled me with a feeling of recognition
you stranger on a sidewalk in Maui
beauty made flesh
walking towards me
you felt it too
in the space of a moment of change
I looked up and you looked through me
awakened from my reverie
how do I forget what makes life worth living
and how does something so small
remind me?
until you, I wanted to be someone else
and then you made me see
the magic of my life
hidden under the dross of betrayal
of long-dead hope
and pointless diligence
all the gloom erased in one instant of bright seeing
possibility swirled around me once more
stronger than it had been
dizzyingly real and remembered
I saw who I really was
and not who they thought I should be
my dreams realised
my fears swept away
I could have died happy then
so painfully aware of all the joy I've had
nearly too much to bear
I guess that's why I don't feel it very often
too much for me to cope
so used to pain and mediocrity
if I could touch that glory every day...
if...
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