Lost Forever

You came into my life, Wendy,

And then left as fleeting as a rainbow;

but not before you made me see.

There was this gaping hole growing

with time that passed as a broken clock.

The mind counts the days, weeks, months, and years;

and the body stays as stone.

It was time to live again.

Tinkerbell led the way back.

I'll admit I had hoped you were waiting for me.

Beautiful blue eyes shining with hope and wonder.

A new adventure we would share together.

To feel your touch every night,

to tuck children into bed,

to scare away their nightmares,

to love so deeply until it aches –

that would be an awfully big adventure.

But you had moved on.

The old house stood as still as Neverland time.

I took it for abandoned, yet I stayed.

Days, weeks, months, and years passed.

The body now counts with the mind;

and though a thief may eat, the heart still wanes.

Your gaze would never hold mine again.

I let you go...again.

A speck of pixie dust gave me wavering flight,

but aged eyes could not dicern the guiding star.

When you left, and I knew it was for good,

That gaping hole swallowed me.

Now I’m lost forever, and forever is an awfully long time.