A Lady Like Air

i fell in love with an image
she was beautiful, innocent and true
she looked quite a bit like you
except for one small sorrow

she wasn't real, alas
this led to more than small sorrow
many a tear did i cry
and many an hour did i try to understand

why you were the way you were
why you acted the way you did
where was the girl i had fallen in love with?
where was miss beautiful, innocent and true?

sometimes you had her laugh
sometimes your eyes would sparkle just like hers
but then after a moment, the light would fade
a stormy cloud of sorrow would reign

i fought against the mists
tried to pierce my sorrow
tried to pierce your sorrow
i succeeded but recoiled aghast

it was then that i realized
i would never find her
she was gone forever, the girl i fell in love with
for she had never been

yet every so often, a wisp
a shade haunts my memory
and i smile at the sweetness
of what never might have been

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