There you were

There you were

In a crowd of strangers

Dancing in the dark

One by one

They simply fell away

To leave you

Standing alone

On top of a mountain

With the whole world

Spread out all around

In a panorama

Landscaped as a garden

For the soul

A rose for every

Name you may have had

A daisy chain

Of memories

To wrap around your head

A crown of distinction

Even as it dissolved

Into a reflection

Of my disappointment

Empty windows

Shadows dancing

A broken glimpse

In a second-hand mirror

Trying to remember

The reason for emotion

Until there was you

Imagination,

A painful gift to have

But a dreadful thing

For the needy soul

To live without