horus824 May 2003

Because I was in a fucking hurry, that's why, and it would take to long, here:



A glimpse of light,
you came into my life.
Bright, beautiful, and splendid,
but all too fleeting.
I let the light shine upon me,
enjoying it.
Yet the light reflected off of me
in ways that I know I cannot understand.
The shine changed me, my visage.
To all who could see,

I had changed,
and yet they never knew
the me of before.
The smile, a trick of light
that shows the hairs on one's face.
A young man becoming.
Noticed, but still unknown.
Showing up, but not to stand out.
Now that the light is gone,
yet again the faces change.
Now in the dimness they still
won't see why.
They will not notice the fading shadow
of said smile.

They never knew you.
For a while, I basked in your light.
I eclipsed the truth
I hid you as you requested.

Now you retreat again.
The light is gone,
and the shadows have come back.
Now I must become acustomed
to the dark.