Separated

My heart is aching tonight,

Reaching for your hand

And finding empty space.

You came into my world,

Quiet at first.

Then like a whirlwind

You altered the course

Of my future.

There is no trial

We cannot overcome,

No foe we cannot face,

When we stand together.

So how do I press forward

When the enemy strikes?

When hell on earth erupts

And you are nowhere in sight?

How do I comfort those you left behind

When I cannot find comfort for myself?

Can a soul be saved

When it is rent in two?

Because without you here

I feel like half of a person.

Something stranded between

Human and abomination,

Wandering through a forest,

The sky barred by a canopy of leaves,

The way ahead dark and uncertain.

And still, somewhere

In the depths of this despair,

A spark of flame lingers.

A thread of fate connecting

Two souls separated.

Somehow the strength comes

As I rise each morning, alone.

Somehow the hope of seeing you again

Overpowers weakness and vulnerability.

My heart is aching tonight,

Reaching for your hand,

And in the empty space I find

A love to transcend

The battles ahead,

The challenges we both will surely face.

So I'll cling to the spark,

To the single thread,

Until the day our eyes meet again

And your arms encircle me once more.