Why, Baby, why

Matt Conklin

Why, Baby, why, do you stay in my soul?

I sigh, Baby, sigh — your love makes me whole.

You haunt all my nights and breathe life through my days,

A whisper, a flame, a soft-burning blaze.

You dance through my thoughts like the wind through the trees,

A song I remember, a sweet aching breeze.

Why, Baby, why, am I bound so to you?

What spell did you cast that still feels so new?

Why, Baby, why, does your touch linger still?

I try, Baby, try — but I bend to your will.

You live in the silence between every word,

In glances and heartbeats too loud to be heard.

The world turns around us, but I only see

The shimmer of fate when you're looking at me.

Why, Baby, why, do you echo my name?

Just hearing you breathe sets my blood into flame.

Why, Baby, why, do you shine in my days?

I try, Baby, try — but get lost in your gaze.

The stars could burn out and the oceans run dry —

Still I'd crave your warmth like the sun in the sky.

No place ever felt like your arms in the night,

No touch ever stayed like your soul holding tight.

Why, Baby, why, am I hopelessly true

To a fire, a kiss, a forever in you?