Stand
There stands a woman with the light from the stars flickering in her eyes
Knowing that while she stands there, her life has gone awry
She stands there still with dreams that are all her own
She in that very spot with so much burden upon her yet all so alone
Her wishes are like many are, to have that one man meant only for her to have and to hold
To love her for who she is no matter how young or how old
But love seems to be, for her, taking its very slow sweet time
She is thinking that love can sometimes leave one helpless and blind
Letting go of the one you really love and adore
The one who was the first to say he would love only her forever more
She don't know how to just let go
He is so deep inside her restless soul
If she could make those feelings go away she would
If those emotions would go back down to where they once were, she then would put them
where she should
But they can't just be turned on and off in a moments given
So by them her heart, soul, and mind is being driven
She does not have any kind of complete control over her own life
She wrestles with the regrets of her past with great strife
They haunt and taunt her every moments with tremendous rife
Her heart and soul are bleeding and love is holding the knife
He is every breath she takes
While her heart forever waits and endlessly breaks
She is left her to wonder just how much will she keep forsaking
With her body trembling and she's unsteady from all the shaking
She hopes for that day, the one where he will again call
She thinks of him in her waking daylight, she thinks of him when the shadow of darkness falls
She stands there at the window now still gazing up at the stars
Loving him constantly praying to have him near, but doing so from afar
Carrying her weight from her world upon her shoulders on her own
Wanting to hold him, yet still all so alone
She then glances in the mirror only to finally clearly see
That woman standing in the very spot is no one other but me
Copyright © Sandy Schermerhorn | Year Posted 2009
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