Since I last looked on your face?
How many lonely nights gone by
Since the warmth of your embrace?
So many days, such long, long years
Of life spent now without you
And yet so many memories
So many thoughts about you
I keep my memories locked away
Like old pictures, dark and faded
So many pictures scattered there
Across my mind's dark attic
And some nights while I'm sleeping
These pictures dance before me
These memories, these thoughts of you
"What if?" my mind implores me
And some times when I'm wakeful
Beneath the midday sun
My mind begins to wander
And those locks become undone
And I sift back through those memories
Those albums full of you
One picture at a time I see
Til all of them I've viewed
Like pictures scattered everywhere
Across my mind's dark floor
So very many pictures
And yet I want for more
I remember much too clearly
The feeling of your kiss
Your strong, strong arms around me
These sweet feelings I now miss
I know your strength, your passion
But I also know your failings
I know your disappointments
Yet my love remains, unfading
I remember well the pain you caused me
I know how much another loves me
I know I should forget you
But my heart won't seem to let me
I know that life has taken another road
Much happier, and safer
But still I play the princess
Where is the hero come to save her?
I know I should be happy now
And on most days I can be
But sometimes I can't help but
Sit and cry over these memories
One by one I view them
One by one I remember
One by one I miss you
Your kisses, warm and tender
One by one I cry for you
For the love we left behind
Then one by one lock them away
In the attic of my mind
Heather Dawn Morrison