Such a Short Life

With these two eyes I look at you,

And keep you safe within my heart.

I love you more than words can hold—

Yet still, my soul feels incomplete.

Why is life so short and small?

That afternoon beneath the golden sun,

The day our eyes first met,

A silent rainbow crossed my sky

In colors I won’t forget.

No words were spoken by our lips,

Yet hearts began to speak—

Softly whispering in secret tones,

“You are the one I seek.”

Days pass, and nights return,

Moonlight rests upon my window.

Your memory glows like fireflies,

Fading—then shining once more.

In crowded streets I still feel alone,

Searching for your gentle gaze;

In a world of countless faces,

You are my only place.

Your smile is morning’s silver dew,

Your voice, the evening breeze.

At your touch, the weight of life

Falls softly from my shoulders with ease.

Yet sometimes fear awakens me—

Time is selfish, swift, and wild;

Why must a heart so full of love

Live in a life so fragile?

I want to hold each fleeting joy

Tightly in my hand,

Afraid that time’s unseen river

Will wash away what we have planned.

So every day I tell you this—

I love you endlessly;

For love has no horizon,

But life… is brief as it can be.

With these two eyes I look at you,

And keep you in my heart.

I love you more than life itself—

Still it never feels enough.

Because love is infinite,

And life… such a short, small life.

Yet if in this little lifetime

I can hold your hand in mine,

Then a thousand unfulfilled tomorrows

Will be complete in this one time.