Genesis

She pined for his warmth

and

Wore the dim reflection of his light

as

Badge and bondage of belonging

to

One who was always

just

Beyond her dawning

and

Outside the pull of her tides

which

Whispered love letters to shores

shaped

In the image of her wanting

until

She saw herself refracted on the waves

into

Thousands of undulating points of light

and

Was awed by the way darkness

complemented

Such prismatic brilliance

so

She took each unanswered I love you

each

Feeling of unworthiness

and

Reshaped them in her image

rejecting

The dim reflection of his unrequited light

for

The icy fires of her own song

that

She might decorate her midnight throne

with

Love letters, to herself

-EJoveJohnson