Empath's Lament

Forgive me baby, if I overstepped,
Perhaps puttin' myself in Your place will help:
 
"I look at him
 
and I love him
 
not like years before
 
time and circumstance have transformed
 
its a different type of existence
 
has to be, its common sense  
 
yes there were years of neglect'
 
they have had their effect
 
and I`ll never see him the same way
 
never feel him the same way
 
those days are over
 
but theres new days to discover
 
 
suddenly he`s really trying
 
not merely denying
 
freedom of movement
 
he just wants to make the most of hours spent
 
now that he`s woken
 
the words neednt be spoken
 
and though he`s no master of words or pen
 
now his heart seems more open
 
although we`ve been greatly impaired
 
theres so much that he`s shared
 
there was a point I just barely made a living
 
and this man was so giving
 
we no longer share  
 
a bond that goes down to the bone
 
but we share a life, we share a home
 
 
that includes bearing
 
excruciating heartaches
 
a year ago I was numb  
 
but its been melted by fate
 
and this big nosed dude  
 
just appears from the past
 
I never knew that human connection  
 
could assert itself so fast
 
within days I was ready  
 
to spend my whole life
 
in the arms of my true soulmate
 
the only one who  made things right
 
my then day to day made conditions ripe
 
and a raging 21st Century Love was nurtured by Skype
 
though it was unlikely  
 
we`d ever actually ever be in the same room
 
our hopes werent born in a vacuum
 
down the road I`d have some free time
 
could it be possible  
 
we`d both follow through with  desire?
 
 
and suddenly there YOU were
 
at the gate
 
from car to curb  
 
already locked in the GAZE
 
from the sheer astonishment  
 
of navigating through OUR maze
 
evrything else in our lives melted into haze
 
WE experienced the heights we thought just Legend
 
and learned that mid-life  
 
might not be Dead End
 
It was more than affair
 
it was celebration of LIFE
 
and damn if for two months  
 
we werent Husband and Wife  
 
you`ve got that memory baby
 
I`ll leave you to describe
 
so that details of our Holy Communion
 
will always survive
 
but I`ll never forget
 
whether we were facing each other
 
or faces between thighs
 
we made the most incredible, intense,  
 
passionate Love with open Eyes
 
 
but now that priceless
 
unexpected window has closed
 
to a far different day to day  
 
we`re now exposed
 
and baby, I was getting pretty annoyed  
 
with all those phone calls
 
everytime they came  
 
it was like my back was against the wall
 
thank you honey for settling down
 
but I`m glad to see you still want to be `round
 
even though Im not near centered in this new present
 
it seems you`re determined  
 
to hold on to OUR future in any event
 
and if theres one thing Ive learned
 
you`re 100 percent
 
you`re my Lover,
 
my Soul Mate,  
 
my Eternal Friend."