The sunset witnessed your love

The sunset witnessed your love for me,

A love so vast,

It stretches like an open field,

Living in two different realities

Made it seem easy to ignore the way your blush

Creeps up your face,

I only realized that I couldn't ignore you

Because you were the reason

I pivoted back to the music,

That hugs my heart

When expectations of others

Made me feel cold inside

When you lock up your truth…

I felt like I was drowning in the sea

Where my truth stayed chained up

Like a lost treasure chest

I thought the right answer was to let it all go,

To let go of what made my heart race,

For a small grain of relief

But the tides grew more intense,

And the boat I thought would protect me,

Sent me back into the sea,

A memory so vivid

It happened every night

The trauma cloaked in darkness,

Elicited uncomfort

To the point where burning down

The abandonment of the self

Was the only way to see

Through the fog,

There was no soft nudge

It felt like a lightning bolt

Surging me awake,

And I started to see that the truth

Was my eternal fire

And yet it’s also a well of overflowing water

That’s been overlooked

For centuries

There’s a darkness that lingers

There’s a darkness that lingers

Despite the glowing light

In between every breath,

I find safety with you

But I know that when the day comes,

Your warmth will thin out like smoke

I spoke from the forbidden dungeon

Because you unlocked it,

A desire swam through the ocean

Every wave drove me in deeper

Until I floated in your gentle arms

Even when among the colorful skies,

I noticed your heart

Through your eyes,

The same eyes that once held a long winter,

Sending shivers down my spine

Your bear hug brought me back

To the same page

Where my heart refused to move,

Like a book that I never wanted to finish

There’s a darkness that lingers,

Unspoken yet watches from a far

Waiting until the fantasy ends

You once intimidated me

But the way you hold my body

Carries a quiet ache

The mind haunts me

Because this is when

I need to make a choice

To let go

Or ride the treacherous waves