Then Came the Storm

The last time I saw you I think you knew, The lines on my face track all I’ve been through. Your smile seems eternal, it touches my heart, Holding me together when the world falls apart. I remember a kinder and gentler time, Time marches on as the clock unwinds. I return to a time in the not distant past, I draw my next breath, hoping it won’t be my last. I try to have faith and simply believe, No more tricks are left up my sleeve. It feels much like a disappearing act, You have come this far there’s no turning back. The sun comes up I must be on my way, Hoping tomorrow shall be better than today. Clouds moves in and it appears it may rain, Forgetting all sorrow, erasing all pain. Suddenly I hear the thunder crack, I grab some new cards off of the stack. I put down the ones I can’t use anymore, I brace myself for the storm in store. The clouds get dark it looks like night, Except for the lightning sparking quite bright. The wind starts to howl sweeping me away, I come apart as the seams start to fray. The sunshine burns through the cover of clouds, A rainbow appears with the hope it allows. I drift to the calmness after the storm, The sun shine through, the air it warms. The last time I saw you the answer was clear, Someone should grab the wheel to steer. I don’t know how I got here but this is true, Life’s not the same since I lost you.