Written by Michael Berry

Only You

The wintery dusk has frozen my heart No illness, no malice caught us Yet we still suffer a world apart ife spins onward, wea!ing without a fuss Yet further away my thoughts flee "rom this dreary !ista of snow and ice # reflection of the futile plea We did what we must, and paid the price Belonging became untold, unseen, unwo!en $ulled, ripped, torn asunder %n the bracing winds, light is unpro!en We did not blunder The amputation was &uick, and left no blood One morning you were here The ne't, you were gone in the flood Winter tides carrying the heart to a tear( The winter cannot hold me in its arms %t cannot wash away all the pain # cruel mistress with no charms Who lashes and whips my brain Only you brought the warmth that kept her at bay Only you brought the lo!e that deser!es a tome Only you brought the happiness that made me fey Only you brought the peace that brought me home Only you(