Stay

i close my eyes
but the light still blinds me,
dancing delicate balls of life
behind the eyelids faintly closed.

i feel you all around me
in a swaying balance of life and love.
where the beating of my heart is echoed
in your palm pressed to my neck.

with your arms around me
holding me close to your warmth,
your quiet embrace,
and love fills me, as it never has before.

i can see it all around me
filling me with a wholeness
that makes the before found emptiness
a world apart from where it was.

where do i find the man
that i found when i was in love with you?
you left me, or did i leave you?
hope? no more.

i still feel you in my heart.
this beating that isn't my own.
this feeling of deep dark stillness
that i don't recognize as the dark within me.

why can't i just let you go?
why can't i just leave you alone?
why can't i just be happy
without you here?

it seems that it's not been enough time
to have lost, and i still wish i had you here,
but within me is calm, one that beckons stay.
be still. stay. be still.

stay.

the light still blinds,
the heart still beats,
but can one love
with a broken heart?

can one fly with broken wings?
can one live with a life lost?
can one see with eyes that are blind?
repeating over and over.

stay.