The Phantom Of Romance

The Phantom Of Romance

An outline on my memory’s wall

Of a past love lost and jaded 

The shape of my heart is all that remains 

Where passion’s paint has faded

In the twilight of my thoughts I roam

Through a mist of dreams and stars

Seeking the essence of love's lost home

Beyond mere earthly bars 

The whisper of a dream’s dark shadows cast

Silhouettes of a loveless time

Echoes of laughter fragment the past

Mingled with a sorrow’s chime

Beneath the layers of silence thick

Lies a story left untold

Of moments fleeting and hearts once quick

Now memories slowly growing cold

Yet in the quiet a spark still glows

Of what once was but now is gone

That love, though faded, still shows

In the heart’s eternal song

Within the gloom a cinder ignites

A flicker of a love anew

From the ashes a phoenix takes to flight

To paint the skies with hues

New chapters penned in vibrant ink

A heart reborn and unafraid

For where one breaks another will link

In a tapestry freshly made.

So walk on with hopeful stride,

To futures bright and bold

Love’s a journey though the path may hide

Once again it will unfold

There in the still where passion bends

A knee to a truth justified

That love, though lost, will never end

And is once again baptized 

As whispers weave their magic lore

Through ethereal halls where spirits dance

Within the heart’s most deepest core

I chase the Phantom Of Romance 

John Snelling

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