thirty nine lashes

thirty nine lashes
one for each year
since I last saw you
since my last tear
though I have been crying
the whole time inside
a lifetime without you
I lived, but I died

it was magical moments of love at first sight
as we fell into each others arms
as if I lived in darkness you were the light
I was helpless to your charms

my body, my soul, my reason was yours
there was nothing I would not do
with you I could open any doors
I was so much better with you

and time can not change the emotion
absence does not diminish devotion
when love is as pure and true as ours was
time and space and everything else was devoured

and all that was left in my mind
as this beacon of love for you to find
I've been loving you all the time
I lived it in rhyme

thirty nine lashes
one for each year
since I last saw you
since my last tear
though I have been crying
the whole time inside
a lifetime without you
I lived, but denied

and wiping my eyes I find
thirty nine lashes
one for each year I resigned
to live in love with you
the highest love we can find
it is not all in my mind
I've been loving you all the time
I loved it in rhyme

thirty nine lashes are mine
proving love is divine
thirty nine lashes mark time
living in rhyme