Fiery Feelings

To smile again After so much pain. Long lost yearning Fire still warmly burning I'd rather a smile more than a kind word Emotions speak volumes that cannot be heard. Life drifts by As time slips by Caught in life's tidal flows Gently ebbing time seems slow The calendars years are subtly weathered My hopes and fears are muddled and tethered. My grip went stray You slipped away And drifted from my life That hurts worse than a knife But life likes cycles and a second chance As the monsoon returns so does romance.