friend

amid the luminescent hour
i watched
through dormant eyes

a vision
once beheld
by realms
of fond and cordial ties

a setting
where i sought
no end

so gentle
was her mien

we talked
of all the simple things

and walked
the grounded sea

i knew
this fragile furnace
could burn brighter
than the sun

if earth should ever
find me fraught
with reason
come undone

but as i turned
away
no sooner did
her shadow fall

upon the empty canvas
as the moon arose
to call