Shadow

If I could love a shadow with a love so strong and true
it never could be broken, that shadow would be you.

I'd feel your arms around me, hear you breathing in my mind,
but when I turn to hold you, empty air is all I'd find.

Thirsting for your kisses, hungry for your love,
afraid to trust or love one I can never be sure of.

Was I lost in reverie or were you really there?
Maybe my loneliness made you appear.

Not really a lover, nor a friend,
nor even a dream to bring me comfort in the night

just an echo of a feeling my heart held within,
just a wisp of a thought out of sight.