THE CONVERSATION


I wondered at the night sky
What will tomorrow will bring
How could I have known
Many loves would open and close
The doors to my heart

Some came with the passion of thunder
Others with the promise of forever
But as always they left
And I was alone with my thoughts
Memories that didn�t fade away with time

A true love devoted
Leaves a void sometimes
I have always loved completely
This may be a fault of mine
It has never been returned

There is no loneliness
As long as there is love to give
Yet when that love is taken advantage of
And then discarded what is left
Sometimes I feel like an empty shell

Broken and placed in the morning trash
What have I done
Where do I belong
Maybe it is a better thing to alone
Aging slowly without pain

I know inside me I will be loved
As I love another
Once there was excitement in the search
Now it has no meaning no life of its own
Still I will not give up

Hope keeps me alive
There is someone somewhere
I will find her
Perhaps tomorrow over a cup of coffee
A conversation then the spark of love again


Michael V Hechtman