My Secret Longing

How does it feel to be left wanting?
To know what you need, but it’s just out of reach.
No one to confide in, that safety net is gone
Do you feel big and strong or do you feel meek?

When she holds you at night, does your mind wander?
Do your dreams betray you in your sleep?
Warm in your arms do you dare tell her?
In the end you know you only sew what you reap

What do you think of when that fire starts burning?
Is it nothing but flashes of the past?
Will you ever get what you think you need?
No commitment just someone to take your ass

Keep coming back to what slipped through your fingers,
I feel your eyes looking, will you ever forget?
It is the person you need, not just that feeling
When you figure it out, you will be filled with regret

The forces of nature move in mysterious ways
Sometimes opposites do attract
They say everything happens for a reason
Your choice is how you choose to react

When things hit you too close to home
Fences are put up and bridges are burned
Maintain the walls that hide your soul
Through it all is this all you have learned?

This sea is so vast and filled with promises
Tormented we are, as ships passing in the night
Feels so very close but is so far away
On the horizon is just a tiny bright light.

Beckons us onward, drives us toward it
To fill that space that’s empty inside
Nothing will change if you do things the same
Sooner or later you will get caught up in all the lies,

If you’d just let go and face the reality
The truth as you know it way down deep.
Always hiding in the back of your mind
What you see when you close your eyes to sleep

Don’t tell me you love me or that you need me
Then run away and hide in the dark
Time is so precious not to be wasted
There are only so many times you can make a fresh start