Ethereal Love

























A faintly carried scent
on a breeze that does not stir
A voice within my head
that ears cannot yet hear

Dancing to the rythym
of softly shaken hair
I feel your kiss upon me
from lips that are not there

Your body I feel so close
with hands that cannot touch
My soul cries out to heaven
I love you very much

These words of love are spoken
and soundlessly are formed
Embracing as a couple
our single selves are warmed

You lay yourself beside me
in a bed not yet turned down
We spend the night together
unveiling misty gown

Then words of love that are spoken
with ears they shall yet be heard
And hearts that are not token
will feel each and every word

Together at the sundown
together softly dreaming
Together at the sunrise
two hearts forever meeting

One life together
a happiness to share
Is how we'll be forever
if meeting we should dare


























I have thought of you today...
about the way you hold me...
the way you gaze into my eyes...
the way you tilt your head before we kiss...
...all these have happened... yet they have not happened...
...it is so strange...
...the memories seem real...
I guess, then, what I am trying to say is this...
...whether or not they happened is not the most important thing,
...that we shared even their imagined happening is what is special...
...I cannot wait...
...for the time to come when for real these things I'll feel...
... how vivid, then, these memories will be...
...and forever etched...
... within my heart...
like initials on a tree...






















Stardust falling
from my cheek
through misty eyes
I chance to peek
as darkness flies
the love I seek
lies next to me
within our sheets
This is the dream
of which I speak
with which I wake
from each night's sleep


©2002 Graham Nicholls