SEARCHED FOR YOU

I've searched for you
As though you were a child I'd lost;
I knew I had to find you
Nomatter what the cost.

Sometimes I was hopeful,
Other times I cried...
But I never gave up on you-
Every day I tried.

Once or twice I thought I might've found you,
Only to find that I was wrong,
But I dried my tears and kept on going,
Trying to be strong.

I want to sink into your arms
And cry with deep relief...
You're the man I've searched for
Whose absence caused such grief.

And now you look at me
And you only see my smile
But I wanted you to know
It's only been there for a while.

Joy Antonio