The fallish colours, spiralizing down to the ground

The sunset shimmerng across each leaf of the forest

What beauty, what pain

Love has no gain.

The flash of light up in the distance

Closer we walk, closer to the edge of the woods

He stops me, handing me an ipod

And odd gift; I think,

Love has no gain.

We continue walking as I pocket the gift,

The wind rustling in my hair.

The silk red umbrella, he holds, flies away.

And we’re left in the soaking rain.

We continue walking, he switches sides,

He kneels down, opening his hands up like a clam.

Headphones lay there, and he smiles.

I do not know his joke, so I stare at him.

An odd gift; I think,

Love has no gain.

He understands and stands in front of me,

Pulling out the ipod, plugging in the headphones

I stare as he does this

Curiosity has grabbed hold of me, 

Couldn't keep from sitting still. 

I stand up, trying to catch what he’s doing, 

Like a small child, I move around him slowly.

He motions for me to put the headphones on,

I don’t know why; I didn’t care

I stare for just a moment, wondering his intent

And then it shows,

Our song; his voice, sweet, calm, soft

True love was found, perhaps, perhaps

I still didn’t see it; I was lost with no map

But I knew in my heart,

Love had found its gain

We continued on, coming to the bench

I sat down, listening to the music play

He kneeled down in front of me, as I read my book

I closed it carefully, tears pricked my eyes

Love had found my king

October came and went; I stared down at my ring

Walking to the forest, where I had found my king

The sounds of guns, and hatred; death

Love had given me pain

The tiny hand slipping from mine, rushing off into the sunset

Sweet, sweet child, come back, come back

I could not loose my love again

Love had given me hope, now it’s taking that away

A vision I’ve written, a city in front of me

Once loved by many, drowning now in it’s horror.

I clutch the small hand once more

Grasping on, won’t let go again

Love has given me pain, but you’ve taken it away

Watching you grow up,

Running around with your sister

Beautiful nights I loved so much so,

But you would just grow and grow

Watching over your sister, holding her up when you can

My love will always be with you

Just reach out, hold my hand

Walking slighty behind you

You had your sister, that was enough

Dogs loose, chasing behind you, trying to keep up

I walked slower, watching as your wrapped her up in your arms

Never going too fast, or too slow

The vibrant lights shimmering on the wet pavement

Your love for her never flickered, never left

Holding her in your heart

Protecting her from the dangers of the world

Acting as her guide, being her anchor

Making her a path to move through

In the wet mud, which she called school

Your eyes always sparkled, playing songs just for her

And I remember saying; I’ll always remember this night

Love had given me pain, but my love had given me you