9/12/2000

THE POWER

I never knew the power
 Of all that is said in a moment of silence -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew that a tear drop falling down my cheeks
 Could feel like the gentlest caress -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew the contentment
 Of being truly accepted for who I am -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew there was a heart
 Waiting to connect with mine -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew the bittersweet feeling
 Of a passion so great, and yet so impossible -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew this kind of longing,
 Aching and wishing and yearning -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew myself
 And all I had within me -
 Until there was you.

 I never knew, never even dared to dream,
 And then there was you.
 You.
 You and only you.
 And suddenly, somehow -
 I knew.