Pain of Love I - 1. Always and Forever, My Angel

How can I separate myself from you?

How can I free you

from this sweet entanglement?

My arms want to wrap around you

and hold you even more tightly.

My fingers want to stay tangled forever

in the soft, silken strands of your hair.

But my embrace crumples your wings, my angel,

keeps you grounded

when you should be free to fly.

And a prison is a prison, my love.

even when the bars that hold you

are the arms that love you.

So I open my arms, my angel.

Though my heart will never let you go

and your soul will always be part of mine,

my hands set you free.

My fingers untangle from your hair

and gently rub your crumpled wings.

My lips place soft kisses upon your skin

and breathe a whisper against your ear:

The morning sun awaits you, my angel,

shining warm upon your golden hair.

Let it hold you safe within its gentle embrace.

The spring breezes await you, my angel,

blowing softly beneath your wings.

Let it lift you beyond the clouds.

And if you should fall, my angel,

my arms will still be here to catch you.

They are always yours,

as is my heart, my soul and my love--

always and forever, my angel.