​When ​i must ​take ​leave​ of​ you

When ​i must ​take ​leave​ of​ you,

How quickly the sadness tracks me down;

Fed by sleeplessness,

Stray thoughts,​

​
And, a frontline of felled castles in the air​; 
Then​ all becomes lifeless and dark.

My heart 
           drops 
                 infinitely;

Even during the most brilliant of days,

When it should be light and rising like a phoenix;

Not frigidly sinking into darkness-- defaced, mangled,

And lapidarius . . . polished  like a hag stone 
    from a lifetime of wear and tears
         and abrasions.

i see you again and ​the world becomes vibrant;

The touch, the feel,
The love that emanates,

A resurrecting feeling deep inside;
       --Inanna passing back through the seven gates--

Then we must part;
And all becomes dark and lifeless.

My face is a facade when you are not near.

It is full of glamour magick --all smiles and all laughs;

But, nothing is real until

        i am back in your presence.

And my heart becomes witch fire flint,
   and the sparks fly,

     and the fireworks radiate inside,

Firing to the beat of your drumming heart;
My face -- no longer a facade.
Then you impishly shoo me away,
​And all becomes lifeless and dark.

Before long you text ILY;

How quickly the light descends from nowhere,

And all becomes spirited and bright...