No One

Ablaze with everything I am

Not a mere twinkle reaches you

One of countless nameless others

Will all that remains ever be

enough for you to behold me?

I never can hold a candle

to your adored moon--your light in 

the coldest and darkest of nights

If only I were as close, would

I be worthy to hold your gaze?

I hear past your ethereal voice

Hidden between the sincere words

and the enchanting melodies

lies your heart--confused, wandering,

lonely; adrift this emptiness

Existing in one galaxy

Born hundreds of light-years apart

Dreaming of holding, loving you

Will our orbits ever cross?

Or are we destined to be lost?

Having given in to waiting

Burning 'til darkness takes over

Now all astir because of you

The light you shine, the pain you hide

Must I forget ever knowing?

A lifetime in obscurity

Awakened to your existence

Knowing I can never reach you

Aching, desperately wanting

Out of reach--be still, be still