There is no explanation for you,
other than I needed you.
In order to face myself,
I first had to face another.
Turn around that old, familiar reflection
and show me who I really am.
This creature you see before you
did not exist when you first got here.
Somehow,
you revealed to me your shadow
and I passed through it,
drawing strength from it.
When you were not my muse,
you were my rock,
softened my hard heart
and hardened my spirit.
Like a coal,
you lit my hidden fuse
and helped to set me
on a new,
uncharted course.
Here on the far outside,
I find you with me still;
sometimes barely hanging on,
but that’s okay,
so am I.
As we approach the fringes,
things only get harder.
I can be your rock, now.
I can be your muse.
You can come with me.
I think we
have come too far, now
to ever be apart.
Venture out
onto a still,
night ocean.
See the stars with me,
above and below.
Two skies.
Sky forever.
Black nothing
and infinite potential.
This is where we are.
Here,
on the edge of forever,
our hands find each other,
Still a perfect fit.
Now,
second star to the right,
and straight on
‘til morning.
HG – 2019
