Forty-eight hours to go
Until your heart breaks
You’ve spent your whole life
Looking for fairy tale love
That most will never know
And you’ve finally found that one person
Who reaches inside you
Down to your very soul
You’d love to spend everyday with them
But they live 2000 miles
And one country away
Every six months
You get to spend two weeks with them
Not a care in the world
Just the two of you
And dream like happiness
A million things you want to do
As days go by
Only half get done
But that’s okay
You have all the time in the world
At the end of these two weeks
You’ll be back to loneliness
Agonizing days and nights
Longing for the arms of your love
Waking up clutching a tear soaked pillow
Having nothing of your love
Except a voice on the phone
And some old photographs
To accompany your memories
As you wait out six more months
Of the ever pressing
Recurring hell
But you try to ignore time
Locking away reality
In the farthest corners of your mind
Hoping that time will stop
That somehow you won’t have to part
But then you realize
That the inevitable day is rapidly approaching
And nothing you can do
Will stop or even slow
That days arrival
So you try to keep busy
To keep from thinking about it
To hold back the wave of tears
That threatens to break from your eyes
Sitting together watching a movie
Playing video games
And a few more hours have gone by
Laying in the comfort of each others embrace
Running mundane errands
To pass the time
And before you know it another day is gone
The count down is on
Twenty-four hours left
Until your already breaking heart
Will be torn from your chest
And you’ll be left empty and sullen
Can you imagine any torture more unbearable
Any pain more blinding
Any sadness more infinite
Than knowing your heart is going to break
And being able to do nothing about it
Knowing that a sea of tears will engulf you
And you’ll have to find some way to stay afloat
When all you want to do is drown
Or you’ll never see your love again
Now the count down is over
You are torn and heart broken
Happiness is a lost memory
And now you wait
Until the next time you come face to face
With your love…
And go through this all again.