02/08/21
you are the sun
shining bright, keeping me warm and reminding me i'm alive
i don't who i'd be if we hadn't met
you are so important to me, dear, and i can't see myself without you
though it would be a lie to say that at times i wish i could be elsewhere
sometimes, you shine too bright for me to handle, love
it's a solar eclipse, i'm worried i'll go blind if i look
so i slip on my rose tinted glasses
or pull down the blinds
or i close my eyes and hide under the covers
i can't look, i can't look
it will only hurt me in the end
i can't stare too long
for if i do, my eyes will begin to water
i am scared i will be burned
or i will push you away, millions of miles distance
a solar system apart
and i will be alone
floating in cold, empty space
and you will not even be able to hear me weep
for there is no sound in space
icarus flew too close to the sun
i fear i may suffer the same fate
and rather than sink to the deepest parts of the ocean
i will drown in my loneliness and sorrow
but i wonder if, perhaps, i am just assuming the worst
for like the sun, you will not leave
for i am not icarus, and you are not the sun
i compare you to such things because i do not know how else to express my feelings
but i care for you deeply, just as i care for the sun and the moon and the stars
and we do not have the same distance as between earth and mars
so i will stay close
maybe this will not lead anywhere
but maybe
two people, happy in each other's presence
well, maybe that's enough.
