With Lonely Tears

Florence E. Stiff

I walk among the shadows and
I hold you in my heart
With tears that speak my loneliness
Because we are apart
I miss you more than I can say
And more than I can write
From every early dawn throughout
The silence of the night.
Your wistful face; your loving smile
Your very smallest sigh
And all your courage and your faith
In dreams that never die,
I long to be with you again
And hear you softly speak
I long to take you in my arms
And kiss your tender cheek
But now the shadows lengthens and
No matter how I yearn
I know within my lonely heart
That you will not return.