There's a hush upon the world...

an overpowering silence

that cannot be broken.

For I will never see your face again

or hear your laughter fill the room;

dancing eyes no more to cast their light

upon the darkest day.

I wish you were here...

how I wish you were here.

There's an empty place

no one can ever fill.

And from the depths of darkest nights

only your light

could ever lead me home again.

Only your special grace

could fulfill the promise of the day.

I wish you were here...

how I wish you were here.

I turn amid the bustle of the day,

expecting to see you there.

A fleeting movement,

a glimpse of something familiar,

and my senses are flooded with you.

Shadows flicker in my memory

and slowly disappear.

I wish you were here...

how I wish you were here.
© Poof cat

The Time Is Brief

Because the longest life is brief

I must be swift in keeping

the little trysts with kindliness,

Before the time of sleeping!

I must be swift in reaching out

To all whose hearts are yearning;

O swift, indeed, to love them much

Before the long road's turning!

Before a sudden summons comes,

I surely must be saying

The words that I have failed to say -

The prayers I should be praying

~Grace Noll Crowell~

There is one spectacle grander than the sea,

that is the sky;

there is one spectacle grander than the sky,

that is the interior of the soul.

~Victor Hugo~

Music composed by Emanuele Angelino