How I knew

It was never the beauty that the world sees that took me,

so frail in my heart was a frightened man in love.

I never wanted to know the truth of desire,

nor did I ever want to feel its sting.

I met her in what I thought was the winter of my life,

ready to die I was so willing to reach out.

I knew by the words felt as she spoke into my heart,

hiding behind a phone call so afraid to hold on.

In the times that have passed by I realize,

how true the painful path to love is for me.

So hard to breathe when apart I can’t seem to live,

each thought so much more about who she is to me.

I knew it in my heart when she first said my name,

how much of a hold her love would have on my life.

I see the stars she shines my way in the night so cold,

warming my soul again just by saying hello.

In these tears where my fear finally let go of my pain,

she waits there for me in a world built in love.

I knew I would love her beyond my understanding,

by the way she completed everything in my eyes.

She touches me with passion filled kisses and love,

more than my words could ever try to explain.

No amount of sorrow to kill what I feel with her,

just as rivers form my love grows in her tides.

I knew she loved me with the look she gave,

so deep into this trance of life and love.

Time is of the essence I heard so long ago,

but when it comes to her there is no time at all.

I see the deepest love in her eyes blinded by me,

so lost into her arms my heart is covered in hope.

Before I knew anything about these feelings I feel,

she was being prepared for my life to one day know.

I knew I would love her, I knew by my dreams,

now that she is here, I know nothing else but this.

To love to me is being able to live without fear,

she knows my secrets and loves me just the same.













Johnny Newell