The Blackened Garnet

My spotlight is perfect

Embracing and comforting 

Allowing you to shine in

Your most perfect way

I'll raise you up 

I'll make you feel like a god 

I'll provide flawless love

But lies make a spotlight cold

Treason of the heart is unfixable 

And everything I gave is 

Easily stripped

Until you're left watching 

Another bask in my warmth

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She danced alone

With no one watching 

She moved as she chose

No one dictating her strings

The night was calm 

And the music was inside her

Night's silvery orb turned her hair

To black moonsilk as she 

Pirouetted and pliéd

It made her pale, naked flesh

Glow as she 

Relevéd and retiréd 

She danced for every minute of

The Longest Night

The morning light would stiffen her joints  

And stone would caress her

Body

Until the moon could dominate

The sky again

Contact

Phone call

Letter

Email

Anything to

Stop me from 

Ending myself 

Wishes

Your scent has long since faded

Even your voice just a haunting memory

But your eyes still burn

Right to my core

An unforgettable face

That tortures me still 

And I've wasted every shooting star

On you since you left

The Climb Down

Floundering for footing

Often falling

Ripped and bleeding palms

Everyone ignores the blood

Violated trusts

Evicerated feelings

Rendered worthless 

Traps

I'm just trying to breathe

But it's quicksand

And my struggle 

Pulls me deeper in

Won't be long now

Let it swallow me

No one will notice 

Let go

Vanish

Long Distance Call

Every night I say 

Your name and remember when

You would say mine back.