I Could Have Taken You In My Arms Poem by RIC BASTASA

i will die i know i will
and so i wish i could have taken you in my arms
and kiss your lips
and rub your body against mine
and take shelter to the warm wings of your soul

i could have listened too to the beatings of your heart
near mine
i could have listened to the songs of
love and desire

but i have become a coward
and too soon have i surrendered
to the weakness of my soul
to the tiredness of my whispers
to the smoke of the vespers
i lose myself

i travel in my car alone
i have covered a distance
mountains and roads beside
i have left you waiting and i have not left any word
where i am going
what i shall become
what shall i be doing for another set of years

throughout this loveless journey
i shall be lonely
i shall be sad

but it does not matter anymore
for soon i shall die and soon i shall take another journey taking with me the wings of time to
another place to
another moment with you

it is then my time to wait until our worlds meet again
without a wall
without a hindrance