BESIDE ME, ETERNALLY

I see my dreams drifting 

on a solitary, tattered cloud, 
Wandering forlornly, in the twilight 
Dissipating stealthily in darkness' shroud.
All my words scattered 
and drowned in the inky sea, 
All my music damped 
Silence disguised as tranquility. 
All my castles built 
tumbling from the sky, 
Why did my cloud deceive me 
Why, Oh why, Oh why!
I try to salvage my dreams, 
Searching for treasured memories, 
Strewn about so carelessly 
by the cloud, lost to the westerlies. 
My tears, my sobs, they wreck me 
As I search for fragments of my life, 
and wonder how I'll piece together 
the moments, to get the tapestry right. 
When through my tears I spy 
Another soul, crouching by me, 
Picking my pieces alongside 
Under the starlit canopy. 
“You don't need these, ever”
I hear the whisper on a breeze, 
and I know, my life was never lost 
but always here, right beside me,

Weaving new threads into memories. 
Its just my tears that didn't let me see...... 

MS