Puzzle

Days pass by in measured silence;

Anchor down my beating heart-

Tethered by inconstancy

That tears my world apart.

Breathing deep the winter’s cold

Sunsets fade within my mind

Brighter days leave longer shadows

As I leave the coast behind.

The eastern sun is dying dimly.

Tides of August ebb away

So concerned with future heartache,

We forgot about today.

Our puzzle didn’t seem to fit,

Though fingers locked more tight,

We tossed the dream, forgot the box

And sealed our hearts too tight.

So what if we were wrong, my dear?

I can’t live without your smile

What if watching summer wane,

Is killing me the while?

I said I couldn’t share the key

Wouldn’t open up the cage

And let the lark within me fly

My heart upon this page.

But somewhere in the memories

My little guard let go

And somewhere tangled deep within,

There’s something you should know.

The golden moon we shared that night,

The crashing silver shore,

Left my heart bewildered

Knocking at your door.

In summer’s grace you caught me,

In autumn’s grace I fell,

I know that may seem backwards

But the truth is hard to tell.

Time, it passes slowly,

Each day without you here

Makes memories more vivd

And future dreams more clear.

What if under eastern stars

That shell became my heart?

And, broken, now I try to live

With only just a part?

Would you return the favor, dear?

The puzzle that you stole-

See, you’re the piece that fits, I think

And together we’d be whole.