One night I tread my way about the earth,
I sewed my tears into the roots of time,
And cast my wishes to the breeze like wasted breathe,
Until I discovered you in a clearing.

I didn’t know you yet but,
You were so much like the moon,
With two sides of light and dark,
It was your light that made me smile,
It was your laughter that chased my tears.

I fell in love with you that night, my darling,
When you took my hand and touched my soul,
With your stories of worlds unknown to me,
In my forest of time and memory.

So I said goodbye to the trees of time,
And ventured out into the night,
That’s when I discovered the darker side,
I had dared to put my heart into your hand,
And pour my love at your feet,
Only to discover nothing was as it seemed.

You were a contradiction of many colors, my love,
You would rage into a flaming red,
And fade into a dreary grey,
Yet still you would doze into a vengeful black,
Then suddenly be a brilliant orange,
An excited, silvery blue,
A driven beyond reason green.

But I loved you still,
I strove to understand the many faces of the moon,
Why the change from light to dark took place,
And all the colors in between,
The closer I crept, the more I loved, the more I gave,
The farther you spun away from me,
Until our fingers were barely touching,
Sometimes I fear you will orbit elsewhere.

I think of the place from which I came,
Before I was stolen by the moon,
Where memory was my constant,
And time was my sheltering trees.

Then I think of you, my love,
And how far you are from me now,
Yet from time to time you’ll come down from the sky,
To visit for a moment at arms length,
You keep me in a jar of longing,
Never attempting to open me,
But if only you would you’d see,
I’ve got a whole world of hopes and dreams,
If only you would let me love you as me,
Instead of turning your light away and leaving me in the dark,
Oh love, I’ve got what you need,
Please, let me or return me,
For I cannot live any longer in your jar.

And so one night you came to me,
It was as if it were the first time,
You set me free to be by your side,
You loved me with your light,
My heart had taken flight,
To a thousand galaxies and back,
And then you kissed me off to sleep,
Never had I been so happy.

I awoke after what seemed to be,
A hundred years of blissful sleep,
Only to find myself among the trees of time,
And countless memories of mine.

I realized the moon, being both light and dark,
Could not have kept me in his jar,
Or let me love him as I was,
His changing faces kept him far away,
And deep down he could not bear it anymore,
To love me or keep me,
He could not have them both,
So he let me go.

And here I wander once again,
Sewing my tears into the roots of time,
And casting my wishes into the wind,
Hoping.

Circa 2008