She reminded me of the sunset

One could bask in her glowing beauty forever

She only came around now and again

Commanding your attention,

But her intense radiance burned your focus

She would leave you blind;

The scar of her gaze

A souvenir of your yearning

Fleeting day, turning quickly

Like a thief into night

And suddenly you find she's left you

And you realize you weren't falling in love;

Just falling.

Falling is  terrifying in the dark. 

I need to go home

But this is not it

The fire siren sounds for so long

And won't let me forget

I start over.  Again. 

Suddenly breathing becomes voluntary

And I have to remind myself

It's time to inhale

She tried to tell me

To hide those things that I feel

Those ugly things no one mentions

I can only be so strong

I can only bend so far before I snap

And here I am, weak,

Before no one but me,

I've forgotten again

To take the next breath

Extinguished passion

Once wild flames,

Charred remains.

Followed the smoke

Rather than tend the fire

I've found myself nowhere,

Knowing nothing,

Being no one.

My heart is his,

Not belonging,

But the same,

It's confusion

And disaster

Passion and

Enlightenment

I found myself

Reflected in him.