How can I be yours alone?
I’m just another star
but burning less brightly
than those about you
Old enough to know
Young enough to desire
close enough to feel
and yet,
I’m but a mere speck
in your universe;
smoldering on, caught up
in your stardust trail
I can’t glow any brighter
for my hard years
have dulled me
I shine on only for you
Should I resign
to be a planet?
To slowly revolve
around your being?
Or just stay that star
that you sometimes gaze upon
never realizing
what hides beneath the sparkle
but I know
I can brighten your days
and I desperately long
to capture your nights
