Eclipsed by Your Light
All night I sit beneath the weight
Of words I cannot speak or state—
This hunger carving out the space
Between my ribs, my heart's embrace.
You are not here, have never been,
Yet still I wait, remain unseen—
Memory fragments: your face turns
Toward a voice for which I yearn.
The moon tonight cuts silver-bright
Through stories I tell in the night.
How quickly joy leaves empty rooms
When shadows gather, love assumes.
Distance breeds the storms I know
Between my need and letting go.
Your laughter breaks like wine on stone—
I taste it here, but drink alone.
What I've learned of love's cruel game:
Hearts hold tight what can't remain.
They bleed for what they cannot keep,
Then cradle loss in restless sleep.
When morning comes with golden thread,
This ache will weave through what lies ahead—
But in this hour before the dawn,
I'm grateful that I loved at all.
Here in the space 'tween dark and day,
Where hope and sorrow softly sway,
I count: one moon, one beating heart,
One prayer that we're not worlds apart.
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