WHEN LIGHT TAKES HOLD Lyrics

I don't know what happened

But I haven't been the same

Since the day I saw you again

You've been on my mind since then

Like the last time we laid eyes

How indeed time flies

Like speeding light

Is fleeting like life

But in this brief moment

It's like slow motion

Ultra bright

And much clearer to see

That you're the type of woman

That others desire to be

Not only because of beauty

But just to experience

Being the type of woman

That grown men are inspired

To write poems of

Your hold is like home

Inviting me inside

Lingering and familiar

Like a love poem

I capture your eyes

Remembering me

Like someone you've known

Wrapped up in your energy

Mood and tone

Your frequency

Speaks to me

Pleasingly

And I'm pleased to see

That all is as it seemed to be

Back then

Is still now

Moving in time

Never stayed

But stays

Even now

I feel it as we embrace

The poetry of this moment says

You've been holding me for decades

In a place

Valued and safe

Where things don't decay

As time slowly fades away

Like a precious memory

I've held you too

In this same way

So many things I could say

Words I could write

About the beauty of your smile alone

They would fill an entire page

Woman of warmth and intelligence

Sophistication and elegance

The storm behind the scenes

Pulling all the strings

From way back when

And your smooth chocolate skin

Is as beautiful now

As it was then

Without words

You prove that she wasn't wrong

And was right to be mad

She saw clearly

Better than I did

The chemistry we had

Those early days

Before we all parted ways

We through destiny

Meet again

What's meant to be

Is meant to be

It's still crazy to believe

I haven't seen your face

In a quarter of a century