When I think about time...in the form of thoughts of you ~~ I could have touched the stars by now.
When I think about hopes...in the form of being a "Believer" ~~ My soul carries them, down to the core of the earth.
How Badly...do I wish you were reading these words right now?
Oh...all of your lyrics from all of your songs ever written...could never come close...to the desire.
I try to see beyond the bad days...and remember the good ones...and reach out to better moments..
But even in the presence of strength, I can hear the tapping of my shattered heart - a sound that never ceases to remind me..
That you are STILL gone. STILL missed. STILL felt. STILL somewhere ~~ but not here.
How Badly...do I wish you were almost through with your great plan...almost ready...almost signaling for that curtain call?
Oh...the number of people, all around the world...who know your name - does not even come close...to the desire.
A gentle piano tinkles melodies...recreating your soft gentle smile in my mind...
And How Badly I need to know...that you are quietly comprehending...that you have never..ever..left our thoughts Michael...
If anything is eternal - let it be our arms - still stretched out...still waiting...still needing...
And as the planet continues to circle upon its axis...
How Badly I wish...this waiting is not in vain.
Perhaps this desire, is not the point - to many others here...
But that is all I have, that I can offer.
No answers...no grandeur movements in your name...no pieces to solve the puzzle.
Only the tapping of my shattered heart...
How Badly I wish ...it was enough...
To bring you back.
