who am i that your eyes shine not
                   but are gray as smokey dust?
          there is no courage to be found
              in an empty fire-pit.
                 there is no light.
don't look to me if your eyes don't shine.
                 where is my courage?
         instead look with me
                high and low
             for timeless fire.
what will shine our eyes as stars?
who are we to make them dull?