The Shade of A Hope

My life has been lived in the shade of a hope
That made my days more beautiful and my nights less lonely
In my dreams, I see your face,
Those deep knowing eyes looking at me with warmth and love
I hear your voice, its vibrations coursing through my body
I feel the light pressure of your hand on mine
As though it were a bolt of electricity piercing my all too susceptible heart
Whatever you were, that too I wanted to be
Wherever you were, there too I wanted to go
Whoever you knew, they too I wanted to know
Hoping that it would bring me closer to you

I dreamed of watching for you, waiting for you, 
Laughing and loving and sharing a life with you
But now another will watch for you
Another will wait for you
Another will laugh and love and share life with you
Was I wrong to have built my life around that shadow of a dream?
Was it wrong to believe that you had the power to make a day beautiful or a night less lonely?
The time is past when I could  have shared what was in my heart
You will never understand what you had within your reach
So I am doomed to be left to my unasked questions
And the shade of a hope that can never be.