Low Winter Sun

You rose and fell, my low winter sun
Light that dazzled without heat
How many times did I mistake your cold shine
For arrogance

You shame that bright speckled white blue sky
I waited each day to see you rise
Then helpless as you sank beneath the night
I lived for that aching brilliance

You were a dream to me, madness that burned within my core
An obsession that fluttered out of reach
Human life breathed into a garden of earthly delights
A rainstorm that I wished to wash away my life

I saw the fear inside you, terror within its cage
The fragility of that existence inflames me
All resistance gone, and upon your altar I will lay
Tear out my beating heart and witness me live on love alone

A fantasy come to life, pale unreal perfection
You fit inside me, like missing pieces for my soul
And resonate to my song and make me whole
Crippled once I was but now limitless

I want to peer inside you
And witness the struggles that rage within your quiet savage soul.