You are, you are
so present yet tastefully absent
your grip on the senses remains as potent as absinthe
your love is a religion: ever present

your camouflage is beauty, clouds adorn our skies like an alabaster chandelier
I often wonder...would you ever harm us?
It’s hard to believe but once enlightened, you burn with hindsight’s touch
your excess destroys us
and your departure is a balance, welcomed once we’ve had our fill of the spectrum 

when your arrival’s perfect, there is never enough
you are the glittering shimmer bursting from hope’s door
“new beginnings” are merely the crutches of motivational quotes
until you turn the text into something that truly resurrects all of the
shine on my shell, empowered, empowered I remain

the pridian machinations of our cage-key-holders shatter in your splendor
even love lost makes way for another bright rendezvous...
maybe on some shore with a desert’s texture
or a canyon chiseled like the god of your choice sculpted it personally
you, you, you are the gem to illuminate all gems.