You and I

You are like the bright blue sky,

And I the rugged earth;

You’re beautiful and O, so high,

While I’m of little worth.

When the two of us together stand,

The whole world’s just as gone:

And when beautiful sky meets rugged land

A horizon is born.

The horizon is a beautiful thing;

Your heart it can beseech:

And all of its beauty is a song to sing:

Alas! Its out of reach.

Now you are like a sunny day,

While I’m a dark cold night;

My soul is all so sad and grey,

While yours does shine so bright.

When day meets night, they beget dawn,

The best time of the day:

So you met me and all sorrow’s gone;

Alas! Had you come to stay.

When night meets day, its evening time,

Which saddens those alone:

Since I met you, a heartache’s mine,

‘Cause you’ll never be my own.

Eric Anthony Trott

1983