Lingered A Little Too Long

SHE TOOK ME IN AT SUNSET WITH A PROMISE ON HER LIPS WITH VISIONS OF TOMORROW PASSING THROUGH HER FINGERTIPS THE MOON PULLED ON MY SENSES AND I WAS CAPTURED BY HER KISS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE TWILIGHT AND THE DAWN I HAD LINGERED A LITTLE TOO LONG I LOOKED INTO HER EYES AND SAW THE UNIVERSE REVEALED MY MIND WAS RESISTANT BUT MY HEART WAS FORCED TO YEILD THEN THE DAYS TURNED INTO YEARS AND MY FUTURE HAD BEEN SEALED THE TIME HAD COME AND GONE FOR MOVING ON SEEMS I’D LINGERED A LITTLE TOO LONG I WANDERED THROUGH THE FOREST AND I HEARD THE MORNING BELL I PAUSED ALONG THE WAY TO DROP A PENNY IN THE WELL I LISTENED FOR A MOMENT BUT I SWEAR IT NEVER FELL AND LOSING TRACK OF TIME AS IN A SONG I HAD LINGERED A LITTLE TOO LONG LIKE A VAMPIRE IN THE SUNLIGHT WITH NOPLACE LEFT TO HIDE OR A BIRD AFRAID TO MIGRATE A FISH SWEPT IN THE TIDE I’M STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS UNABLE TO DECIDE HELPLESS AS A SHIP CAUGHT IN A STORM I HAVE LINGERED A LITTLE TOO LONG AS I WAIT HERE IN HER GARDEN WITH MY BACK AGAINST THE WALL THE COLORS FLASH RED AND GOLD AS THE SUMMER TURNS TO FALL THE BITTER WINDS OF CHANGE THEY DO NOT BOTHER HER AT ALL NOW THE SNOW GENTLY FALLS AND SHE IS GONE I HAVE LINGERED A LITTLE TOO LONG