the prospect of seeing you again

this then
the prospect of seeing you again

i somehow see myself..and us
more clearly
and how merry we were together

you were blossoming then
and though we lay together
nightly
sometimes tenderly
sometimes passionately
you awoke virtuous

floating down the Volga
past endless Russian fields
i remember our first moonlit
kiss
your first ever

ah that tender embrace!
woman and child in happy
harmony

you wanted to marry me
i wanted answers and time
to find them

you wanted to make love
to me
and in hindsight
i was such a fool!

with heavy heart
i flew away
seemingly farther
than forgotten centuries

i remember parting in Moscow
deep below the earth
you said to me
"remember...two stops
and you'll find your Kremlin."

walking in Red Square
had been my dream
and in doing so
my dream came true

but finding Russia?
i found her
when i found you

in time
the time i do desperately
wanted
i also found that
my melancholy
was a longing
for lasting love

love it turns out
i had with you