I Keep The Fire Burning

they say everything happens for a reason
what a cliche phrase that has become
yet, I sit and I have to wonder
is it reality for all, or maybe just for some
why is it that we go through life and witness it all
so many struggle with love, some never find it
while others hang onto faith for that special someone
that "you" that burns deep inside their heart

I know that feeling, that heat that builds up
day after day, one degree at a time
getting hotter and hotter, a raging fire, burning
Oh, yes, there is a fire ablaze inside of me
it started as an ember the day I started thinking of you

You don't know me, we have never met, but I know you
I know the you whom I have imagined
the you who I long to touch
to cherish for the rest of my life
are you out there
I don't know, sometimes I think not
most days, I doubt it
but it is those days when I have hope
those days when I allow myself to imagine you again
ah, yes, it is in those days when I toss another log on the fire

You become so vivid in my mind
I can smell you, I can hear your voice
feel you touching me, tracing your fingertips along my body
even with my eyes closed I can see you watching me
I can feel the rhythm of your breathing
the beating of your heart as it synchronizes with mine

I am here my love
and I wait for you
if my struggle with love is all for a reason
and you are the reason
I know you are worth the wait
you are worth the struggles
and I want you to know
that I have kept the fire burning