Because I’ve Known You – The Writings of Tom Grasso

Because I’ve Known You

I’ll never be the same

I’ve been forever changed

Because I’ve known you.

I will never see the Ocean

The way I used to.

Because I’ve known you.

I will never see the Sun rise above the waves

Or see the light glisten in the distance

Without thinking of you.

I’ll never hear the birds

Quite the same way again

I will never wake up in the morning and hear their sweet song

Without remembering your presence

And how it felt to be there

Near you.

I’ll never write a poem

And feel the same way again

For words will be filled with memories of you

And of my hopes for just a moment more

I will never write a feeling in my life again

Without hoping you feel it too.

Because I’ve known you

My life is forever changed,

My dreams are forever altered,

My hopes are forever different.

I will never again be the same

Because I’ve known you.

I can’t imagine moments

Without you on my mind

I see you smile each and every time

I close my eyes.

I hear your voice everywhere

Reminding me I’ve been forever changed.

I used to think of mountains in all their majesty,

And now I see the Mountain that is me

The moment we embraced,

I knew that I never wanted to let go

And that I’d die in that embrace a 100 years later

If you’d have me.

I’ve been forever changed

Because I’ve known you.

I will never be the same.