Sleepless in Solitude

When longing eyes grow heavy from their wait
and sleepless nights blend into seamless days
The heart projects it's screenplay
onto night
and builds a memory's theater
where the lover lies...

Kind time arrests the turning of it's gears
extends it's hands to hold those of the past
the two expand
the length of days to years
preserving yet an instant
where their love may last,

Within this fleeting moment,
You return,
Your ivory smile and golden eyes agleam,
They fade to dawn in time for one to learn
The folly of the lonely lover's dream.