Fairies & Elves
It’s so hard to let go and forget
To release it all, as if we’d never met
No matter what I try I still remember
Love lets us see the beauty in another
The connection once engaged
Thought broken, somehow remained
We may deny it to others and even ourselves
But this like talking of fairies and elves
A light that remains in the darkness never to fade to nothing
Not longing, desire or want but a feeling of something
Hard to forgive someone for breaking your heart
Impossible to forget whom you’ve given your heart
Not wanting them back, no desire to rewind
To a past love you know you never did find
It’s as if it were a dream that seemed so real
From wings on my feet to trying to breathe, so surreal
Deep in my heart somewhere I miss you still
I miss those moments of realising love eternal
I miss the deep connection in tender times
The sweet fruit that turned to lemons and limes
Fights so vicious and nights of violence
Lying scared in the cold dark silence
Bleeding hearts from betrayal
From sweet lips that kissed, lies fell
Lying in your arms and still so lonely
From dreams and illusions I’m sadly set free
Passion is lost, Eros has gone
Still we hold on but the damage is done
From the moment I left never wanting you since
The love continues but now from a distance
Always wishing it could have been different
But the words you said were never meant
Comforted in knowing I gave you my all
Still it made no difference in how I fall
For what was almost the one a dull ache in my heart
Soulmates and lovers, only a replica not a work of art
I thought it was vision but the realisation of truth was so vile
Sadness remains, the tears still flow but now through a smile
You were my lover but never my friend
Still it’s a love I’ll remember to the end
It’s so hard to let go and forget
To release it all, as if we’d never met
No matter what I try I still remember
Love lets us see the beauty in another
The connection once engaged
Thought broken, somehow remained
We may deny it to others and even ourselves
But this like talking of fairies and elves
A light that remains in the darkness never to fade to nothing
Not longing, desire or want but a feeling of something
Hard to forgive someone for breaking your heart
Impossible to forget whom you’ve given your heart
Not wanting them back, no desire to rewind
To a past love you know you never did find
It’s as if it were a dream that seemed so real
From wings on my feet to trying to breathe, so surreal
Deep in my heart somewhere I miss you still
I miss those moments of realising love eternal
I miss the deep connection in tender times
The sweet fruit that turned to lemons and limes
Fights so vicious and nights of violence
Lying scared in the cold dark silence
Bleeding hearts from betrayal
From sweet lips that kissed, lies fell
Lying in your arms and still so lonely
From dreams and illusions I’m sadly set free
Passion is lost, Eros has gone
Still we hold on but the damage is done
From the moment I left never wanting you since
The love continues but now from a distance
Always wishing it could have been different
But the words you said were never meant
Comforted in knowing I gave you my all
Still it made no difference in how I fall
For what was almost the one a dull ache in my heart
Soulmates and lovers, only a replica not a work of art
I thought it was vision but the realisation of truth was so vile
Sadness remains, the tears still flow but now through a smile
You were my lover but never my friend
Still it’s a love I’ll remember to the end
- Jane Burd February 2010
