A Place of the Heart

A PLACE OF THE HEART

There is a place of quiet retreat
A place sent from above
It is now a sanctuary
Reserved for you my love
A garden of communion
A treasure of memories
A place of the heart

Nurtured over the years
With utmost love and care
Along its familiar pathways we'd stroll
Away from the world and all its glare
A skip in our steps
A smile on our faces
A whisper into each other's ears

The soft caress of the gentle wind
Blowing teasingly upon our faces
The freshness of the flowers after the morning dew
With their fragrance they greet us
Refreshing
Invigorating
Healing

Watching idly the beauty of God's creation
We used to sit by the streams
We understood our deepest thoughts
We shared our greatest dreams
Ah! What bliss!
Not a single care in the world
Not a frown upon our foreheads

As I close my eyes now
I can see the pictures once again
A kaleidoscope of images
Never two the same
Ever changing with each turn of our lives
Ever so beautiful its formation
Ever so colourful their display

Where we used to go
Where we used to sit
What we liked to do
What we liked to eat
Just you and me,
It seemed meant to be
But alas, now it's just me

Looking across the thin veil that now separates us
I can almost touch you still
Talking with you, just looking at you
The warm embrace that still I feel
Our world stands still
Our hearts beating as one
Our minds at peace

Tears still flow freely
Just thinking about you
Feeling disconsolate,
Devastated, just to say a few
Weeping lasts for a moment, say some
Soon it will pass, it surely will
But when will morning come?

This is a place, no ordinary place,
Where time is a seamless dimension
Where everything is in transition
Where life and death has a different rendition
Longing for the past
Caught in the present
Thinking about the future

Our place of the heart
A watered garden it remains
Rest after a weary day
A deep contentment it retains
A place I'd always like to return to now
Our place away from this busy world
Just you and me

My love forever

Mark Teh
10 September 2010