I stare at the night—as clear as
day
Before resting my eyes on you,
love
My loveliest and brightest star
With the glow as of a thousand
suns
And a grace as of a thousand
maidens

You enraptured my whole being
With one of your whimsical
glances
And I continued to chase after
Your resplendent charms in the
Obstructed paths you’ve laid out

Alas, I am only but a sacrifice
To the crucible you’ve created
For me to swim against, survive
against
But I shall, love, for the thought
of you
Is the only light to my minute
galaxy

Love, I have held the knowledge
of this
Already being over before it
actually began
Because the world conspired to
give me this
Double stump, which would
eventually lead to
A fork in the road—to decay or
to growth

With a breath as of a thousand
sighs
With tears as of a thousand rivers
My forgotten and lonesome
brightness
Before I turn to look at you one
last time
I stare at the night—as desolate
as hell

As the end of love signals the
beginning of pain

– Jamira