Why?

I'm forgetting how it feels now
to hold you in my arms all night
to whisper in your ear how
this time, with you, I know it's right

I'm forgetting how your eyes look
when they're staring into mine
but it's your smile that had me hooked
and even that is slipping from my mind

The way your voice spoke so gently
when you'd tell me how you cared
I stared back so contently
forgetting everything I feared

Those words echo in my head now
like distant memories from the past
and when I lay my head down
they flood my dreams then flee so fast

I know I'll see you again soon
but soon isn't soon enough
I sit here wondering in my room
why it has to be so tough?

Why in my head your face still lingers
with looks of such happiness
I try to grasp it with my fingers
and nothing's there but emptiness

hurry back to me baby
before these memories fade away
I keep hoping that just maybe
I'll wake up next to you today