Cadence

So long have I looked for you
that I feared I would never hold you;
many have appeared to me,
beautiful and intelligent, tempting my soul
with your reflection in their eyes.

Without you, I am as a rich man in an empty land where his money will afford no protection in cold nights.

Without you, I am as useless words crashing downwards on a torn page, leaving a dark smear in passing.

I have seen you in these angels,
this heaven-held one before me,
but forever unknowing: is she
merely an echo of you - or is she
the one for whom I have waited?