The Darkness in Me

The darkness in me was once a daybreak

that forgot to belong
the birth of a star
and the loss of a star

and the loss of a star

which all feel the same

The darkness in me
The darkness in me is the life that we live

and the love that gives life

and goes out in a beat
and the beat that’s in me

is the god and the end

and the no and the full 
The darkness in me is a seed

and a child 

as heat in a drought

the wind in the blue
The darkness in me is a love that is lost

and a day at the park

and a day in the rain

and a day in my bed

and a day walking sideways

and a day in a tub with a stranger

that's you

when there’s a message

when none has been sent

the chase through the snow

the reach for the phone

the close of a book

The darkness in me

is a leaf crushed and blown

fallen and withered

all that I've known

once a sunrise

the unknown life

is a word and a rhyme

and a keeping of time

that falls out of step

The darkness in me

the never and true

given away

wrapped and presented

The darkness in me is the static I hear

the sleep on the floor

not started, not done

returned to the sky

The darkness in me

is all that I've known

and all that I am

the moon and the sun