In Leaving You, I Turned Away from Passion

Music: The Stormy Scenes of Winter. Sequenced by Barry Taylor.

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In leaving you, I turned away from passion So that my conscience still might spare my heart. Though paradise has never been my fashion, I cannot stand your pain now we're apart. Love does not leave when it is bid farewell, Looking back to wave one last goodbye. Love stays, though vow and circumstance compel One to ignore its unrepentant cry. Vases hold the loveliest of flowers Even as they open, bloom, and fade; You and I must hold our sweetest hours, Of hope and need and fierce, fierce pleasure made, Until they vanish in the darkening shade. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.