To love a flame
It is to know
Her teasing dance
And fickle glow
They make for such a stunning show
Eventually you'll burn

Indulge me once
This catastrophe
Abandon frayed commitments
Resign ourselves to gravity
The world can tumble with us

She lights the way
On darkest morning
Gives to all
With no strings showing
The only reason
I keep going
Perhaps one day
I'll say hello

Sitting here alone
Across from you
It brings me back
To our shared delusion

A hazy dream
Of bodies intertwined
No longer adrift
An anchor in this turbulent ocean

But yesterday's gone
Words have run dry
The distance between us
Is more than this room

Daylight bares all
In naked clarity
Pleasures and fantasies
Are marched to their doom

What's my name
My distilled essence
A bag of meat
Or something endless
A card with a number
Someone's dream
A reflected face
A thought, unclean
The sum of parts
A point of view
Or am I just
A half of you