Shadow

the darkest of shadows sits with me
here in the confines of my personal space
we are not friends yet we are friendly
we have tea together and discuss the finer points
of free will, love and justice.

once he bids me to shed them
he catches my tears and pours them into a vase
where these black flowers bloom
letter by letter, sentiment by wailing sentiment.

and me without a match to set them ablaze.

I Choose the Stars

I know that we parted when we were so young,
And I imagined your ascent into your mountains
Where your path led you from me
And way up there in your now faraway land
The stars they shined all night, and fell to earth one by one
And you loved them perhaps as much as me
And in their constancy you found life, the joy of it
So, like the light in your eyes that I once had found
To know that it gleems and sparkles to this day
How we can bring into old age the most
Beautiful memories, yes wisdom as well,
But most importantly what gives us
The will to dream in the first place.
Like you, now I must ascend my mountain
Because we can choose to bring that will with us
Or to dream it into our old age and
Live rather than die, alone or together.
However stands the rook of chance
We can choose to stay upon that mountain
And dare to love the stars for all our days