Somewhere In Time

Somewhere in Time

In the old hotel her picture glows.
From a era long passed.
So beautiful and so familiar.
I cannot leave it haunts me.

I know her of this I am sure.
It is worse I know love her.
Perhaps have always loved her.

It is Elise and my soul aches to see her.
I stay fixated before her image
deep into the night.
I have found her once more
I cannot leave I am hers only hers.

She must have been gone
for many years the picture
is a hundred years old.
But I love her of this I am sure.

I know I have seen her I must find her
My heart is bursting.
I wish her back to me
I offer God  anything in exchange.
Even my life.
For it will be empty without her.

The Door opens quietly.
She walks into the small room.
Turning I see her she is beyond beauty
Dressed as she was in the picture.
Long flowing gown, So absolutely lovely.

Whispering she says
Is it you my love ? Is it really you?
I hold her as real as daylight.
Yes my love it is I.

I see myself
lying on the floor as if in a sleep.
She smiles and says You don’t need it
anymore my love.

Taking my hand We walked across
a pathway in the mist of white clouds.
to a place where the sun never sets.