These Paths

I'll sit still, listen, while you tell me a story

A foreverland
A happily ever after
A smile that never fades
A heart protected so it never breaks

Of undying love
Of unbroken hearts
Of remembered promises
Of care and affectionate words

This was what we thought
This was how we thought
This was the love we wanted
This was the love we craved

An uncertain future with faith
A hand to hold when all was well
And when the world burnt around them
A shoulder to cry on, a pillar to rest

A utopia, with just these imperfect two
A paradise meant for me and you
A garden where the rivers run through
Eden, your place, my place, our place

It's all gone now, or most of it
The winds came with visions
The visions came with dreams
And as new dreams come, old ones are left behind

Old ones carefully forgotten but not gone
We shuffle past them wishing not to remember
For whichever dream we follow, whatever path we take
We'll always hurt someone we love dearly

Which shall we leave behind, my love?