lover of mine
you were my one healthy habit<br>i looked forward to each day<br>each day i gave you my life<br>you hold my present, past, and future<br> your blood is now the ink in my pen--<br>the life force flowing in me<br>and oh you had a voice like silk,<br>lover of mine <bR> and your hands were heavenly,<br>your skin was like honey<br>i sob at your body of rotten fruit and soil<br>lover of mine, i wish you still sang <br> a friction of vessels<br>a burst of warmth through the gaps<br>you are still flowing in me,<br>lover of mine <br> sweet sweet sap on the trees<br>an act of love, sticking to my fingers<br>your soft voice still sings in my ears,<br>lover of mine <br> but now you belong to the clouds,<br>you've swelled up in the rain,<br>in this earth you will play<br>this land is your home for good<br> your ghostly face appears in my dreams<br>across from my mine <br>on all those restless half drunk nights<br>on top of my roof, in secret <br> never have i imagined<br>a life without you<br>my missing piece of my puzzle<br>lost for so long <br> i fear i am too fragile<bR>to make it any farther without you<br>and you were miserable but mine<br>despite our distance in time <br> but you've always fond comfort in solace<br>and i know<br>you did not cry,<br>lover of mine <br> i love you even while a lifetime away