You

A little love poem

Like one million fireflies

You broke through the dark

Scattering the stars and the moon

And the sun

None of those things could compare

To your light

You shine like no other i have ever seen

You are more wonderful

Than the words spilling from this pen could ever be

There is one vivid night I remember

It was late

We should have been asleep by now

But we were not 

You looked beautiful

Your hair was messy

Your eyes were tired

And your jumper hung loose around your shoulders

You cradled your guitar in your arms

Your legs folded beneath you

As you strummed absently  

I looked at you and i knew

I loved you

I loved you more than i loved myself

I loved you more than i had ever loved anything

But you did not look back at me the same way

Perhaps you don't realize

But you saved me

Truly saved me

Saved me from the shattered chandeliers 

In back alleyways 

And having to live with

Words rolling off my tongue

Like cigarettes 

Burning

Dimly in the moonlight

Burning like it only has

A few seconds

Left to burn