Mist on my mirror
Clouds at the last
All I was hoping to see.
I had a vision -
Shades of the past -
That she would come here to me.
You were my sunshine,
You were my prayer,
I forgot everything when you were there.
Burdens of empire,
Silence and pain.
Just let me hold you again.
No more lying.
I never wanted you at my command.
I would not stop trying.
Could you see
The true me,
You'd understand.
Birds in the springtime
Soar in the blue.
You made me feel I could fly.
I would have given
My life for you.
Now I can't bear to ask why.
Don't go kneeling.
Don't say you're sorry,
I don't want to hear.
I would die believing
Something,
Anything,
Would keep you here.
If I could just make you see
What sort of man I could be.
Elizabeth Hopkinson