March 10, 2019

hello darkness my old friend (or turning my pain into poetry)

My nights I've long held open
Our conversations starred
Surrounded by your echo
Arriving from afar

Bluffing camping lonely
Mountain fire rage
Lasting pains of wilderness
A childhood in a cage

This is how you found me
And this is how you left

(me)

My nights no longer open
Our conversation -- far
My eyes closed for the moment
A wish for a distant star

(you)