Letting Go but Never Moving On

I walk in the footsteps you left in the sand
And looking to the sun setting
Across the Long Island sound.
I watch your profile,
From the corner of my eye
And realize I never knew you
Like I know you right now.
So long ago and so far away
Then at the moment I least expected
You came back into life
And back into rescue
A lonely girl standing on the empty beach.

The sky glows in different shades of pink
As you stand, brushing the sand
From your dark denim jeans,
And walk to the tide to wrap
Your arms around me tight.
And I remember what it's like again
To love and loss and love again
So strange and mysterious a brilliant man.

I want this stolen moment wrapped up
And captured in a clear glass bottle
So when you leave I can remember what it was
To have you in my arms once again.
And yet, I can't help but wish
You never appeared here.

For the first time you left
You took some of my heart
And some of my faith and some of my trust.
I thought I would die for lack
Of any rational thought
With my heart broken to pieces
And feeling void of your touch.
And time, oh so slowly passing,
Soon took the bitter sting of regret
Away after all those years of silence
And you're running away.

I moved on, I loved on,
Past the vision of you,
I was built up and broken down
And thought love was never found true.
I ran around freely, no care to be had,
And let my heart get shattered
Lying broken in bed.

I fell over and over
Then a few times over again
For more boys and more names
That can fit in my head.
I found moments of smiles
And rivers of tears
I found laugher and music
I found sorrow and fears.
I learned running away
Was easier then facing the truth
That no one would ever match up to you.

And so now you and I stand here
Alone, with our feet dug in the sand
And there are no words to describe
All these thoughts in my head.
I thought I was over it before you came back
And that I could have another chance
But now you're here and you've ruined it,
Any brief chance at romance.
Because it'll take another decade,
Another lifetime, another fate,
To get over it when I watch you fly away
Again and leave my heart to break.