Eternity

I’m not asking for an eternity,
One day at a time would be alright with me
As long as I can spend each day with you
Doing the things that two people do

A minute could be an eternity to me
And each day would linger without an end,
The sun would not provide any light of day
If you were no longer my friend

As a lover no other woman could compare
To what you have given me and what you were able to share,
You energized my life in every possible way,
You captured my emotions and at last, held them at bay

So what’s an eternity, how long could it possibly be?
When just one day away from you
Makes me crazy and reckless, a virtual fool,
When all I want is another dance, to dance through time with you,
Just another chance

An eternity for me could be just another endless day
Of deep regrets and shattered dreams
That hover over me like a lead balloon,
Ready to fall, to cast my doom

An eternity for me could be just another week
Just one of fifty two, that takes me farther away from you,
Farther than I thought I would ever be,
Just one more endless week, leading to fifty three

An eternity for me could be a year
When hope abandons me and I realize once and for all
That we have now gone our separate ways,
No more shared winter, spring, summer or fall

An eternity for me could be no more restless nights in bed
Wrestling for pillows, sheets and covers over our head
And no more silly talks and laughter, and murmurs under our breath,
Just now lonely restless nights for me instead, a lonely epithet

An eternity for me could be every moment I think it through
How I will ever find the heart to get through another day without you
And how absurd the greatest gift I ever had
Went from the very best thing in my life to the very bad

An eternity for me would the constant nagging thought
Of never again, having someone as special in my life
And how my life would play out as a solitary man,
Just me against the world, a painful lonely stand

So please don’t go anywhere without me, please don't give it a thought,

We are partners in our life, we should live our lives as they were meant to be

And as the earth rotates around the sun
We are destined to spend our lives as one ……
IN ETERNITY ……