A mistress has found her way to my heart
With a love I cannot shake
I knew it was love right from the start
She often keeps me awake

She's on my mind both night and day
Her mystery fills me with glee
Each time she leaves I want her to stay
She's becoming a part of me

My wife just watches with a distant stare
For she knows she could never compete
She feels my love and she's willing to share
For my mistress makes me complete

She's been around for thousands of years
But things grow sweeter with age
They don't understand especially my peers
They question the words on this page

Guilt, I have none, for it's not what you think
And though you think it absurd
For my mistress is made entirely of ink
My mistress, the written word

A hidden place where smiles are born
Is tucked inside your hearts
It's touched by joy and begins to grow
That's where it always starts

But before the smile can ever be seen
And show upon your faces
It travels through your minds and souls
And stops in many places

It will pause and kiss your funny bones
To see if you need to laugh
If not, it travels a little bit farther
And chooses a different path

It stops in a place called second thoughts
Where it sits for just a while
And once your minds have thought it over
It moves on towards a smile

When it finally makes it to your face
It stops right where it's at
And I hope that after you've read this poem
I caused it to do just that

Why dost thou tempt me so?
Doth my protest go unheard?
'Tis thy smile I've come to know
Temptation without a word

Your glances feed my soul
Each day as you walk by
My hunger I can't console
Growing weak as you draw nigh

You feed this fire that burns within
But yet you're out of reach
I watch this blessing turn to sin
A place my heart can't breach

Alas, I turn and look away
Still knowing you are there
I cannot bare to look your way
A moment we can't share

I feel your stare as you walk by
I hide my adoration
But when you're gone I softly sigh
Consumed by my temptation

I want to love you in slow motion
So the world feels our emotion

A love the whole world can see
Frozen in time, just you and me

With a kiss that lasts for days
Witnessed a thousand different ways

Where every second is used
And time itself is confused

'Til eternity gets a new name
Our slow motion love, the blame

I want to love you in slow motion
A frame by frame devotion

I was blinded by your beauty
I couldn't look away
The silence stole the air I breathe
There was nothing I could say

Even the wind forgot to blow
The birds had lost their voice
The flowers watched with envy
They didn't have a choice

The sun above turned his head
Your smile was just too bright
The stars reflect your beautiful eyes
The moon gave up the night

The angels cried the moment you spoke
It caused the Heavens to rain
Your voice was like a Heavenly choir
A sound I can't explain

There are no words to best describe
The way you made me feel
The first time I laid eyes on you
Was the day that time stood still

Long ago, before words were known
Sound simply didn't exist
A smile was the only thing needed
Or a tear, if someone were missed

Love was then, the language of choice
A silent show of affection
Until that day when sound was invented
The heartbreaking cry of rejection

A teardrop had finally found its voice
The silence was broken in two
A broken heart had finally spoken
And the people knew not what to do

No words of comfort could pass their lips
For words were yet to be known
So the sound of heartbreak spread like cancer
For those, who would suffer alone

Words would one day come to fruition
And comfort would finally be found
But the silence was silenced forever more
Because the invention of sound

I can no longer think, eat or sleep
Even my thoughts seem to stutter
Captivated by your radiant smile
And by every word you utter

I'm trapped by my wishful thinking
Wishing you will someday be mine
I see visions of happy endings
That were formed by Heaven's design

My love for you is now malignant
Growing stronger each waking day
I no longer have a sense of direction
Your perfection causes my reason to stray

The person I was has somehow vanished
Tomorrow's become where ever you lead
My wants and desires have all disappeared
And filled with this thing that I need

I'm lost in a world that no longer matters
And this is my heart's true confession
I'm not me and you're not you
You're simply my heart's obsession