I ONCE KNEW LOVE...

I once knew love, just once i did

It was so far yet so near me

I could feel it crawl over my skin

I heard its sound in every wind that blew

It spoke to me in soft voices

It warmed up my heart in cold nights

It promised to always be here

I once knew love, just once i did

I once knew love, just once i did

In unseen circumstances love protected me

In seen circumstances love stood by me

Its eyes were full of a future so flourished

Its hands clasped mine when fear gripped me

Its soul knew each wall of my soul

And its ears listened to my every dream

I once knew love, just once i did

I once knew love, just once i did

It watched over me and my every step

It defined the tunes of my laughter

It wiped away the rivulets of my tears

It renewed my strength at its lowest

It made me fight when need arose

And it gave me a reason to live again

I once knew love, just once i did

I once knew love, just once i did

But i never gathered the courage for it

I never stretched my arms to its direction

Or even took one step to walk towards it

Nor did i even whisper back at its sounds

I let it wander off to unknown lands

And i watched as it faded away in the horizon

I once knew love, just once i did

I once knew love, just once i did

There have been nights of constant long waits

Hoping for one sign of its presence

Hoping for its whispers in the middle of a crisis

Hoping for one word to give me strength

Hoping for a ray of light to shine on me

But all i see is a grey zone lurking all over

I once knew love, just once i did

I once knew love, just once i did

I was blind when love met me

I was deaf when love spoke to me

I had no limbs to walk to where love was

I was stubborn, arrogant, and proud

I was incorrigible and full of doubts

And love gave up on me

I once knew love, just once i did

I once knew love, just once i did

And if i ever meet love again, if i do

I will hold onto it with everything left of me

I will open my eyes to the tiniest bit of its detail

I will listen to every sound it makes

I will breathe every air that it breathes

And I will walk the little life i have left, with love

Until my heart can beat no more...