Love Born Anew

My heart beats fast
in this slow reality.
My heart beats loud
in this heavy silence.

How can this be happening to me?

My breath is heavy
in the light air.
My breath is loud
in the utter silence.

How can this be happening to me?

Feelings and emotions long dead
now rise awakened anew.
i find that my cold heart
warms now in my chest.
The heart that for so long
lay behind stone barriers,
untouched by the world
and shut off from friends.
The heart that for so long
lay as a block of ice
is now melting within me.

That which I never
even dared to hope for
has happened to me at last.
The day I saw your face,
my fate was forever sealed.
Cupid's fiery arrow
is lodged deep within my heart,
and your image
appears behind my closed eyes.
That mischievous little angel
has responded to God's will
and my heart's unspoken plea.

Till I saw your face,
I was lonely and lost.
Till I saw your face,
I was incomplete.
Till I saw your face,
I was the walking dead.

Now that you're mine,
my once-cold heart
overflows with love.
My countenance once so dark
now breaks into smiles
that chase the clouds away.
My lips once so silent
now break into song.
I am so competely in love with you,
and for once
in my dreary lonely life,
the love is returned.

My heart will always be yours,
and I know you'll always be mine.