Life's fifth: Dreams

Dazzled by the sun in the sky that is not real,

Blinded by the night around the world that is too still

The moment of brilliance that made

Everything seem darker afterwards.

I look across the sea of times to greet the star again,

And follow its trail through life and its pains,

With the light shining on me and the path ahead

Until the graveyards.

It is not loneliness that I fear but your absence;

It is not you that I miss but your essence;

For the journey I cannot undertake alone

For reasons vaguely defined,

You are the spirit that I cherish;

You are the soul that I wish;

You are the companion I have known,

With our fates entwined.