* the star that you were

i am now in a place, far

away from where your light can cast

a shadow on my heart, struggling

to make it to another night
when i can dream

and wish all my dreams back

when you were distant

when i knew not your colors

when your voice was just an echo

of your poems, your laughter

a music i wove from my own joy

and your tears a reflection

of my sorrow

away from you, i can be
the child who adores your charm
the smitten teen age girl who murmurs
a tale of a secret love
or a lady consumed by passion
and waits at night
to bask in your warmth
frightened of letting go,
eager to make love

let me stay here
and make believe...
one day, when darkness has gone
you'd come, and find me
in this place
where i have always waited
waited for you to shine...