"For Stephanie"

"For Stephanie"

Ashamed for you to see me now

Wrinkles leathered skin so worn

In drought of rest and sleep somehow

My heart and soul both feeling torn

On tables sit the theories bright

Diet Coke and chains of smoke

Ideas in files

Unfinished write

All just dreams until you spoke

Without your faith I'm just a shell

Ideas collapse my personal hell

Our happily-ever-after

Dreams so grand

Fade away like grains of sand

Your absence makes the thought unclear

Foundations untouched

Breaking near

Our dreams lose spark without your cheer

The light inside begins to sear

Without your faith I'm just a shell

Ideas collapse my personal hell

Our happily-ever-after

Dreams so grand

Fade away like grains of sand 

One day maybe you'll return

With you here

Dreams reborn

Without our union

My soul does yearn

For faith in love

Not forlorn