The Sun Is Fading

My sun's light is fading

I see the little beads of liquid reaching up from her skin

My sun was dying

she was a smothered glow alone in a corner

The shadows were coming to get her again,

whispering in her ears

she told me

and I begged her to let me gaze upon her scars

I yearned to see the minuscule droplets

and I wanted to kiss them all away

I wouldn't care about the liquid pain and self-hatred that would be touching my lips

I would not be afraid

it was her life

the sun's light pouring out

and I couldn't let it escape

maybe if I showed her how much the stream meant to me

she'd stop tossing her light out

don't blow her light out

please

because I can't always figure out how to coax it back to life without getting burned

but the burns won't make me draw back from her arms

I have to see every last drop

the reason it's pouring out

is because no-one bothered to look

I fell in love with the Sun

She was bright and always wearing a smile

What I didn't know was

Her smile set at the end of every day

and darkness would consume her

She became night

so beautiful yet so dark and broken

She let me invade her shadows

and push them away

I gave her my light

like fire we spread

glowing and growing

when one of us dimmed,

the other would light up a match

My warmth was enough to keep her light alive inside of her

Sometimes we both get dim

and it's harder to brighten up

but passion strikes the match

memories keep it glowing

trust blocks the wind

compromise lets it sway freely

and love

love lets it burn bright

and get out of control

and no matter how much hate anyone splashes

our love mends the flame.