You Let the Moment Pass

Eternity within your grasp My plea? To undo the clasp Let Desire wash away Tomorrow and yesterday Every other thought and dream Meaningless I make them seem Had you let the floodgates go Oh, what pleasure you would know But you let the moment pass Tranquility came softly by Sweet promise with you to lie A scent full of serenity Permeating entity It caressed your very skin But you didn’t let it in No, you let the moment pass Passion demands obeisance Set to conquer your essence In fevered pitch of a storm To tempt you in every form Fantasies of every kind Unleashed frenzy of the mind Transformed into what is real But you were afraid to feel To be tossed around and worn To be completely reborn Pounded by a wanton need Every craving to be freed Coaxed to burst into flame But fear made your wild heart tame And you let the moment pass Love came knocking at your door To bequeath a kiss and more Calling in angelic chime Faithful pledge denying time Bonding of a soul to soul Golden chance to become…whole Promise true to last and last But you let the moment pass Now you beg and kneel to pray For Him to open the way You cajole powers that be Somehow to change destiny Before that moment to stand Hold it safely in your hand To seize me, the source of these Let passion and love to please To capture that golden time Where all could fall into rhyme Oh, my love, it will not be My broken heart cannot see My way through the halls of time When I begged to make you mine And now, my love, alas, alas I must let this moment pass In tears I let this moment……..P A S S Eileen Manassian Ghali