Running 2

Over mountains and lagoons
I've escaped under gibbous moon
Run from haunting in your eyes
Left before I hear more lies

Dashed through meadows filled with Spring
Smiling blooms and natural things
None of them would ever see
How it is to grieve and flee

Raced the roads to strangers' towns
Searched for smiles but dodged the frowns
Hungered for a face to show
Some regret for the pain I know

Looked for meaning in sacred space
Found only frozen desert wastes
God resides not in hallowed halls
Where are you God, are you there at all?

Gypsy dreamers in caves romance
Stamp their passion in frenzied dance
I sit unmoved with a heart that's dead
My private thoughts circling in my head

I look for you in dark market streets
In the lustful eyes of men I meet
I hear your voice whispering my name
But it's only wind laughing at my shame

When night descends to cloak my tears
A brief respite to these running years
You come in dreams to hold my hand
Then slip through fingers as shifting sand

I've roamed the world from East to West
Stalked by heartache and known no rest
I've tired of wandering, I'm lost, alone
Please end this game, let me come home