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A Night Like Tonight

Darcy Winward

The soft sounds of your guitar strings
echo through my ears
The passion in your voice leaves me breathless
Your aroma wraps around my senses,
This smoke filled room becomes a lover’s paradise
I can breathe again.

Your soft and tender lips cause me to melt
The smoothness of your hands;
the reassurance of your arms as they hold me tight
There is an overwhelming sense of warmth,
the warmth of the sweet Southern Comfort
as it flows down my throat,
the warmth of my mother’s voice
as she denies my sins

Your sincere words caress my soul,
your open heart tells me no lies.
My vision is blurred and
there is a sudden cast over my imperfections

You smile at me with that innocent grin.
My body reaches for one more embrace,
my lips hold tight to yours
neither wanting to let go
Then, once again it happens
you walk through the parallel hole, into the darkness.

I watch you as you go.
My eyes follow your every stride.
You walk down the cold and lonely road towards your house
The brisk October sky takes hold of your figure
Your silhouette shines through the cloudy night
your light lingers in the distance
then disappears into the mists of darkness
leaving me with the warmth,
and a sweet sense of hope.




I stand in the doorway, trying to catch my breath
For a moment I’m free.
A swift break from this harsh world of reality
The pain that lies deep within my soul
 has diminished

A loud roar echoes through my ears
It’s him, calling from inside
I cringe at the thought of his touch,
his hands like brass compared to your sweet silk,
his lips like sand to your soft petals.

He doesn’t understand
I no longer crave his acceptance.
He won’t quit,
he’s trapped me in again,
and pushed you away;
I wish my sweet angel would stay

He questions our lust
This interrogation becomes unbearable
He will never see
The true passion
Between us

He sleeps selfishly
Wrapped in my palace of feathers
His hollow breathing pierces my ears
Once again,
I escape
I go to you
I envision your dark hair and your light skin;
the blueness in your eyes takes hold of the demons in my heart

Your scent lingers for hours.
I’m now in a garden of dreams,
I run through the fields, I’m surrounded by roses
Beautiful roses, their thorns have become painless

I see you, my sweet cherub in the distance
Your reaching for me, my arms extend.
Then it’s gone, much like you,
swept into a hole of darkness


These emotions are endless
Like the river that flows to the sea,
I think of your sweet voice, it dances through my head.
I think of your child-like laugh, it sleeps in my heart

I think of the time you asked me about the stars:
“If you went to the moon, would you catch me a star?”
“If I went to the moon, I would get you all of the stars in the sky.”
I didn’t realize it then,
But if I got you all of the stars in the sky,
Where would I look to see your face
On a night like tonight?­

12/11/02

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