sleeping brings you back to life

I still feel your lips on mine
For the very first time
The connection we had is still
Burned in my mind
I close my eyes and
See the smile
That caught my breath
And stole my heart
right out of my chest

I remember when you first held me,
Your arms around me
Your skin was so warm,
I was safe; from my past, from my life.
Nothing could ever be wrong again.
I was yours.

I remember last summer.
3 weeks apart, fighting in between
I didn’t know then
That was the beginning of the end
Of you and me…

September came and you were gone.
You told me I should just move on.
I should’ve known that there was
Nothing I could say
To convince you to want to stay

Because when it’s too late it’s too late.
And sometimes love isn’t enough
To forgive and forget the mistakes
Someone can make.
And we aren’t the people
We really wanted to be…

So now I’m searching for something,
Anything to cling to.
A memory, a moment
Something you don’t want to forget
And ember that hasn’t
Quite been stomped out.
A light in this endless dark
My forest fire in night.
Or just the sign of the smallest spark