Ode to You

For a moment there my load seemed lighter
And the night did not appear so dark.
The circle of the moon seemed brighter
And warmed the ice within my heart.
I saw pictures of your face in heaven
The twinkle of your eyes in stars;
And it felt like you were with me,
So near, though yet so far.
In that moment when I saw you
I believe the evening smiled.
You know that I'll be here for you -
A woman, yet a child.

And suddenly the world was smiling
Though tears fell heavily on the ground.
In the waking dark I heard you calling
Though you were nowhere to be found.
Now everything is grey and colder
And the stars in the sky have died.
I feel more than my age, feel older,
As though my youth has been denied.
For behind that joy and mirth
And all it seemed,
In the reality of earth
There are no dreams.