Your image dwells within my mind
awakening desires and longings.
Is this wrong knowing, that the hours we share
from someone else I'm borrowing.
This love I feel is so strong
yet I know that you're not mine,
your committed to another
but how can these feelings be so wrong?
Your voice by phone excites me
as a sunrise does the bird,
how lucky I am that your words
in real time, I have often heard.
When I'm alone I remember
that our distance is in miles,
how I wish I could really see
one of your imagined smiles.
You're a part of my life I cherish
yet I know that you're not mine,
but I don't want to let go
one heartbeat of stolen time.
You make no promise to me
you have none freely to give,
but I will always remember you
for as long as I shall live.
© Em-beth
