The Sun Is Fading
A poem about a relationship CW: Self-harm
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.
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