I do not fear
the darkness for I
am the candle holder 
my purpose is to 
go before and show 
not the way for 
the way is yours 
but rather to show 
only that there is 
something else out there 
only if you dare
to then leave there

When one lands
whatever one is 
one stops falling 
be it raindrop 
or maybe snowflake 
or even leaf
it becomes that
where it stops 
the same goes 
for the heart
when finally it 
finds somewhere else 
within someone else 
it too stops 
its own tumbling 
taking refuge there 

And as snow
falls past windows 
with a chill
I move closer 
closer still reaching 
until no more 
room to go 
I become you 
under the blanket 
we become one 
just like outside 
on the windowsill 

Negativity is a siren 
a seductress a magnet 
and a well laid
trap that once sprung 
is impossible to free
it is very tempting 
to have just one 
or do just one 
or try just one 
but negativity being 
negative can never be 
positive no matter how 
much or how long 
or how quickly even
you try to convince 
yourself otherwise steer clear 
of that orbit unless 
you find yourself first
for while negativity appears 
bright as the sun 
it destroys quickly too

I slid
back in 
to your 
life and 
into bed 
this bed
which for 
now is 
us we
a playground 
a dreamscape 
maybe beginning 
not end 
for end
we’ve already 
had this 
us we
returning to 
I me