last dance ...
the band plays a last song
something slow and melodic
as the lights dim
and you curl your body
so close to mine
that i wonder where my heartbeat ends
and yours begins
and when your lips
trace a soft line
down my neck
i try to whisper
into your ear
try to offer you words
of love
but over your shoulder
i suddenly see the past
with her arms folded
and her face streaked
with sadness
watching us move
slowly away
and then further away
leaving a great divide between
now and then
and even as i try to hold on fast
to you
to you and the green bud
of an evolving future
the closeness we share
crumbles as quickly
as a sand castle
caught in the high tide
of the past
and as the music begins to dwindle
my hold weakens
my feet trip
my certainty staggers
as in the dark i see
a last chance
for something special
that was
and may still be
something that carries me away
from you
on the final note
of this
our last dance
something slow and melodic
as the lights dim
and you curl your body
so close to mine
that i wonder where my heartbeat ends
and yours begins
and when your lips
trace a soft line
down my neck
i try to whisper
into your ear
try to offer you words
of love
but over your shoulder
i suddenly see the past
with her arms folded
and her face streaked
with sadness
watching us move
slowly away
and then further away
leaving a great divide between
now and then
and even as i try to hold on fast
to you
to you and the green bud
of an evolving future
the closeness we share
crumbles as quickly
as a sand castle
caught in the high tide
of the past
and as the music begins to dwindle
my hold weakens
my feet trip
my certainty staggers
as in the dark i see
a last chance
for something special
that was
and may still be
something that carries me away
from you
on the final note
of this
our last dance
