Reclaimed

If I told you, I loved you and threw away the key
And you weren't ready to receive the gift,
Then, can I go and turn back the hands of time
Remove the ocean from the sea?
Erase the memory of your love
Negate the power of your presence,
Forget I ever knew you,
And go back to just being me?

Is it possible to simply rip you from my soul?
Eradicate the esoteric wonder
we experienced during twilight's first reprieve
Lose the memory of our soul dance,
The quiet caress
The sound from your lips as you breathlessly
called my name,
in rapturous delight
Would I even dare?

Do not ask of me this request, for it is the one thing
I cannot do,
Let me die a thousand deaths
then cast this empty shell overboard at dawn's first light,
I will rest in sub-aquatic slumber
In those murky depths, fathoms below
Until your love, again, calls to this heart ...

With this treasure, I'll be waiting
The only one that matters
The only one there could ever be,
The mystical key once thrown away
Now reclaimed
The one to you and me ...

by:ajs