Stars

Hello bright lights

I see you shining

glimmering so peacefully in the sky

stars that seem so close

in reality, so far away

Two glowing balls

separated by years of light

yet one can still see the other

when space is as dark as night

so when your light went out

way out there tonight

I knew down deep

you supernova-ed ages and ages ago

So why did I feel nothing

if what happened laid in the past

the pain of personal loss

came slowly and slowly without duress

There was no epic storm

no epic tidal wave

of sweeping emotion

digging my heart into the grave

For there always remained that distance

between these embers of ours

so what of this night sky

filled with so many stars

why did I focus on you

the one so far away

what made you special

than those as bright as day

I saw the fire you could give

so deep within your eyes

burning hotter and hotter still

unwilling to fully live or fully die

Nebulous matter is all that remains

from that you shall begin anew

my embers still grow brightly

I will still wait eons for you.