That I May Hold Once More

Stretching out for endless miles,                    
the road whispers my desires.                      
I follow to the world's end,                      
I follow on the wings of fate            
                      
Drawn as if against my will,                      
my first steps in quivering fear,                      
I race the heavens,                     
seeking to catch the sun,
faster and faster still,                      
until speed blurs all I know     
                             
Time turns inside out,                     
the clock of heaven breaking,                      
cities fall and are remade,                      
only to fall once again            
                      
Traversing eons,                      
I see suns die,                      
and galaxies born,                      
gathering stars in the palms of my hands,                      
I hold the beating heart of the sun            
                      
My humanity slips away,                    
I become one with the cosmic expanse,                      
losing the last tattered shreds of me,                      
light becomes my blood,                      
and gravity my bones            
                      
Until finally...                      
solace and forgetfulness,                      
as the pain of her leaving fades away,                      
that I may hold once more,                      
the memory of love that never died