in the world of optical illusions

I must learn to see like the blind

casting off these scarred

and atrophied eyes

knowing by what I know

when sometimes my knowing

is gone

because I am not even here

but out there searching for you

wherever you have gone

and then come the shadows

to play tricks with my fire

so when I return

I must remember 

that it is there and waiting

if I can cast the shadows out

in these times when I must

keep these fires burning

and clear

so you will also remember

their truth

because all that love can be

is love

and only the shadows are lies

but never the light

never the light 

I have eternally held

in my heart

for you