Lightly I tread upon the water that streams down from these broken places

The only lights that it reflects in the night are the gentle starry skies of your heart

Whispers of a voice like rain and echoes of a laugh restrained haunt my weary soul

I stand unmoved near the shore as the wind pushes at the door of my memories

Somewhere as the light bends to touch the darkness in its circuit

You dance above me and love me and sing your bittersweet song

If by chance in the happenstance moment of my day

I come to find in my sublime a thought that had once faded away

And I get quiet in the midst of this riot and ruckus of my life

It's only you whispering peace for my heart to cease its endless strife

I will remember your resolve to always involve the joy of the world around us

I will listen to the songs of the birds and see the beauty that surrounds

Don't let a day go by where you and I aren't still the best of friends

And I will hold this hope inside this heart from now until this world ends

As light and shadow mix on the color palette of this artist's heart each day

I will remember what you painted inside of me before you were taken away