where are you my love?
i’ve been looking, no, searching
through all these years
just a glimpse of you, would make me content

they says that you walk pass this market,
through silent murmurs and lowering gaze
i can’t see you, yet the trace of your perfume drive me insane -
all those glittering silver and gold only bears the mark of your beauty,
yet it is not you!

where are you my love?
i’ve been crying, no, weeping
from fear that you might not heed me,
yet hoping that soothing hand will lulled me away

they says you waved from the balcony of these city walls,
it’s narrow ends and mazed corners
i can’t find you, yet within these buzzing streets i can heard you sang,
those towering buildings and grand palaces only mirrors your majesty,
yet it is not you!

where are you my love?
these longing, no, yearning
comforting and yet obliterating
remnants of my heart crumbling still