We Danced

When you left

The air was not yet crisp

Trees still wore crowns of green

And birds did still sing

Days were bright and endless

Nights were full of light

Consuming us in its glory

And untold stories

We loved

Yet danced around the words

Afraid of illusions

Afraid of reality

Now you’re gone

And the air burns

Trees are bare

And silence roars

Days are dim and quick

And nights cover loneliness

I loved

Yet never told

You, my soul

Chance and Choice

It’s better this way

– apart –

Two souls thrown together by chance

Kept divided by choice

I can’t keep you

You will never know

How I struggle

As I let you go

The gentleness of your eyes fades in the distance

I forget so much

Yet you stay

You consumed me

You owned me

– and for that –

We could never be