The pheonix sleeps

I SIT HERE ONCE AGAIN SLEEPLESS AS THOUGHTS THROUGH MY HEAD THEY DO RACE
SO MANY, SO FAST THAT MY HEAD BEGINS TO HURT AS I DO MY BEST TO KEEP THE PACE.

THE LOUDEST OF THEM ALL TONIGHT IS THAT LOVE IS AN ACTION TO BE TAKEN
BUT FROM THE ROADS I HAVE TRAVELED IN MY TROUBLED LIFE I THINK YOU ARE MISTAKEN.
LOVE IS A NOUN AN INTENSE FEELING, WELL AT LEAST ACCORDING TO MR. WEBSTER.
BUT I STILL DON’T KNOW BECAUSE LOVE CAN BE BREWED ACCORDING TO UNCLE FESTER.

MR. WEBSTER DOES SAY LOVE IS ALSO A VERB HE SAYS LOVE IS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
BUT THIS I KNOW IS WRONG FOR SEX IS NOT LOVE IT IS ONLY SEX OF COURSE

YOU CAN FIND SEX WITHOUT LOVE AND LOVE WITHOUT SEX THIS WE ALL KNOW IS TRUE
BUT CAN YOU HAVE LOVE WITHOUT ACTION IS THE QUESTION THAT I WILL ANSWER FOR YOU.

I HAVE FELT PAIN, I HAVE FELT HEARTBREAK, I HAVE FELT LOVE AT THE VERY FIRST SIGHT
I FELT LOVE COME OVER ME WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU AS IF SOMEONE TURNED ON A LIGHT

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY EITHER, YOU SIMPLY TOOK MY BREATH AWAY
I SAT THERE STUNNED AT HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAD OVER ME THE VERY FIRST DAY

LOVE IS A FEELING OF THIS I AM SURE BUT THERE MUST BE MORE TO THE STORY OF THIS I AM CERTAIN
LOVE MUST BE CARED FOR LIKE A FLOWER OR IT DIES AND THEN DOWN WILL DROP THE CURTAIN

BUT TRUE LOVE CAN RISE LIKE A FIERY PHOENIX AND SPREAD ITS WINGS FROM THE ASHES
FOR TRUE LOVE NEVER TRULY DIES IT SIMPLY LAYS DORMANT AS TIME SLOWLY PASSES

YOU FEEL LOVE COMING BACK INTO YOUR HEART MORE BRILLIANT THAN EVER BEFORE
WELL AT LEAST THAT IS HOW IT WAS FOR ME THAT NIGHT YOU KNOCK UPON ON MY DOOR

AS I STOOD THERE JAW DROPPED AND DUMB FOUNDED MY HEART POUNDING SO VERY HARD
FOR I JUST COULD NOT GET OVER SEEING WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED STANDING THERE IN MY YARD

I PROBABLY NEVER TOLD YOU THAT I PRAYED YOU WOULD COME AND KNOCK ON MY DOOR
AND LIKE A FIERY STRIKE OF LIGHTNING DID THAT PHOENIX TAKE FLIGHT AND SOAR

AND THOUGH THAT PHOENIX AGAIN GOES DORMANT AND HAS EVEN SHIVERED IN THE NIGHT
MY LOVE WILL NEVER DIE BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SEE YOU I AM BATHED IN THE LIGHT