Cassiopeia

I saw a star whose eyes never closed

Who stood, early morning, her courageous

Denial, of the monopolistic sun

A star whose light would dress

In degrees of luminescence

Who blinded in evenings, preparation for

Lighting the way, as the sun fell

And the moon hid behind the forest

Who stood proud and nude before the morning

And swore, "You've nothing to restrain me"

I caught a star whose fires never quit

And I dressed in them, fires whose warmth

Seared my skin, and blessed it

Who peered within, and objected

To every shattered glass second

Spent beneath an ocean of intoxication

A blurred eulogy for the gods who walk amongst men

And I among them, had no recourse

For her dress, the way it shifted across her hips

The way it kissed her ankles gentle

And devoured my feigned resistance

I saw a star who let me in, who led me from hell

To her bed, who kissed the scent of alcohol from my skin

Who cut deep, just so she could stitch me up again

I saw a star who fell, when no one else was watching

I saw a star who swelled, beneath the bruising silence

I saw a star who killed, every ailment that befell me

I saw a star who spilled, her secrets into my dreams

Who begged me hold her fast, before her light passed

Into the darkness, I saw a star empty her all into me

Who burned so bright, that to this day

Her memory ignites me

Oh, I have seen the light

Better than any other ever could

By virtue of the darkness I so loved

Before the first spark of the fire.