Lose Your Light

Not a day goes by that you’ve lost your light
In my eyes, in our lives
The ceremonious reflection upon your remaining essence 
​As it’s left behind
In picture frames, the photos 
In written words shared amongst us 
Passing these notes around lest people forget the prose 
A tattoo, a stain 
The residual of the drug that remains 
Trapped silently in my spine 
To one day remind of the time I tried to lose my mind 
I thought maybe I’d see you there 
With the ghosts and visions and misinterpretation 
I went down a rabbit hole looking for you 
All I found was shape with rhythm
Color with intention 
Sounds moving like imprisonment 
Trapped, I watched and waited to see your face
Your remaining essence making it’s appearance 
Ethereal emphasis on blissful impression 
Trying to fill a sullen void with extraterrestrial invention 
Cosmos flew by as I searched my mind 
Wandering through the ether blindly 
The third eye closed wide, invisible as the light 
There was everything and nothing
Everything except you, nothing but me 
And on this plane of existence, for the first time 
I felt truly 


…alone…


And I knew you were gone forever 


It’s been quite some time since that day 
And not a day goes by that you’ve lost your light 
In my eyes, in our lives 
But maybe this isn’t the answer
So I’ve stopped looking for you 
I couldn’t find you through the woods, past the rivers
In the clouds or beneath the ground 
In the depths of my mind, beyond the edge of time
You’re not there anymore 
But when I think about you, I feel what you were 
Something of you still hangs on 
Perhaps somewhere in the heart
And when I remember your words
They speak to my soul as you would
In the way only you could 


You are gone forever from this world
But something of you still hangs on
And to me 
You’ll never lose your light