Beautiful Night

 You say I'm the sun

But I don't think it was meant to be

A worn out cliche

Because when I think about the sun

It's not only golden, warm, and bright

The way we like to think of it as a metaphor for the people who change our lives

It's distant. Completely out of reach

If we flew too close we'd burn

So it lies, not too far away

But not too close

To give us life and sustain it

And while we wait through the long winters 

Until it's rays can touch us again

That's where you come in

Beautiful night, you're breathtaking

Sometimes I wait all day just to be in your presence again

You're quiet, still, and have so much to say

But you're ashamed

You think you don't shine enough

But all I want to be is the moon

Absorbed in expansive blackness

Forever free, waxing and waning

Glowing in brilliant fullness

Before going absent 

Cycling through your eons, your cold mystery

You're my absence and my presence

My demons and my lessons

You with your raven wings

Could soar so much higher than you realize

If you only recognized your beauty

Your purpose

So please don't paint yourself white

Keep teaching

Keep making blood boil and hearts break open

Keep breaking mirrors

Keep shattering those illusions

Because my love, without you

I wouldn't have a reason to shine

I would be a constant

Forgettable and taken for granted

And if I shined, well

The world would be blind