Eternal Flame

The desolate nights are reticent without you.
I covet your warm embrace and yearn to hear
your sweet, infectious laughter,
to abide in the intoxication of your eyes once more.

But when I perceive my aspirations irrevocable and I cannot find the vigour to be valient: I recollect your departing words and the hope you instilled in me.

A smile evades my face and a warmth envelops my heart. I become solemnly aware that this cross of solitude that I bear is but temporary.
It cannot compare to the eternity I will spend with you when I see you again.