Where did you go
When you stepped
Into the night?
Stepped without a sound
Into the night?
Are you safe?
Are you warm?
Are you afraid?
Were you harmed
When you stepped
Without a sound
Into the night?

Are you near?
Far away?
Gone forever?
Did you lose your way
When you stepped
Without a sound
Into the night?
Do you hear me?
Do you see me?
Do you feel my heart
Crumbling?
Will you be okay?
Will I be another day
Or a life time
Wondering?
Where did you go when you
Stepped into the night?
Without a word
Without a light
Without a trace
Without a fight --
Stepped without a sound
Into the night?

I need you. I love you.
And while I'm sure you know that
This is true,
If love could bring you back
You never would have even gone away.

I will never give up hope.
Never lose faith.
This is all I have
Until we can embrace.
But much more often
Than I'd ever like to say
Sometimes hope and faith
Will try to slip away, and
Step
Without a word
Without a light
Without a trace
Without a fight --
Step without a sound
Into the night.

Michael Jerome Davis
Where Did You Go?
Copyright 2007 Michael Davis
All Rights Reserved
St. Paul, Minnesota flute teacher and composition instructor
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