Answered Prayers

You were my partner, my teammate.
Ours was the perfect match. Loving you was so easy.
Life was good for a while, but things change.
One moment bliss, the next despair.
Disease consumed you, ripped you from my arms.
Before long, I became the tin can tied to your bumper,
You pegged the needle down the freeway,
Driving recklessly, blindly at breakneck speeds.
I prepared to follow you anywhere,
Weather any storm, no matter how threatening.
You knew not how you hurt me, building me up and
Breaking me down. Over and over again.
Glimmers of hope extinguished by broken promises.
I was afraid and distraught, I tried everything and could not save you.
I slowly died inside while I watched you hurt yourself.
I was helpless. I was terrified. I was angry.
When I thought I had reached my breaking point,
You found the way back to you, back to me.
My tearful prayers had been heard.
I thought I loved the man you were, I couldn't imagine loving you more,
But alas, my love for you knows no bounds.
From murky darkness you have risen.
Today you are more than I ever dreamed you could be.
You are my smile and my laughter, you are my happy day.

Dreams of reality

Dreams of yesterdays still leave me breathless.
I wake and wonder if you were really there,
Your presence all too real.

Taking you in with my gaze,
Still spins me.
Left dizzy in reflection,
I have to separate dream from reality.

Oh the colors that dance in your eyes,
I used to waltz there all day.
I saw them again today,
As if for the first time.

You still affect me,
Leave me wanting more.
Memories of you are bittersweet,
I see them for what they are.