A cold and bitter frost had come so suddenly
The night that you took leave of me
Light there once was, but it shone no more
The Darkness had enveloped me
Pain I had not felt in years
Now returned, it nearly overwhelmed me
It struck me down with grief, again,
Replanting seeds of failure and deepest loneliness
That I had long uprooted from within me
Three days had passed without a word
I knew that you were gone for sure
Never to return to me
What bitter, salty tears I cried
In streams they flowed for these three nights
Yet in the midst of all my grief
I laid there in my best black lingerie
Like a blossoming flower,
seductive yet I seemed sulky and gray
I did not see at first who entered the door
My heart told me it would be you no more
At first glance, I lost my breath
My grieving heart skipped beat,
Butterflies fluttered within my chest
For there you stood before me
Your eyes as soft as dawn's first light
How I missed the touch of your body
The warmth I had felt in your presence
All those feelings returned to me
You had been a ghost, lost for all eternity
Yet there you stood before me
What sweet love we made thereafter
Love-making had never been much better
