He picked her up
again
and again
but she couldn't
learn to stand.

She broke his heart
ripped whole through
but it wasn't in her plan
to see him bleeding blue

and the boy would say to her

Just glow.                                  
All these bright lights?    
they're too much for you          
they truly don't suit    
and all I need                    
is your warmth come nighttime
where only I can see you shimmer        
your calming, calling glimmer
is only hidden in the daylight
light is not worth less
because the shine is dimmer

what matters is location                
if the dark is coloured pitch      
you'll light bright the whole nation              

Alas
His words fell weak
on empty ears
because he was like sun,
and she had closed her eyes
to such powerful beams
she couldn't seem
to find the hand
that promised to be her one


and this girl
was shrouded in a half-truth

Monsters sidle up
with faces drawn as heroes
with words whispered as saviors

with teeth
and angry claws
at the time
the sun
is setting

and if you glow
too bright    
they find you

Thus,
Only from a distance
could she listen
and when dragged in
by persistence
she lost so much resistance
in the instance
when he cried for her


And they were Two




*But she could never say, "I love you."