When You Left

When you left, the lights faded The blue skies turned grey When you left, my emotions died I thought I’d never survive that day When you felt the curtains closed And the stage faded to black When you left, life strangled itself And hope hid between heartbreak and despair When you left, every image blurred. But that spark remained alight A tiny reminder of life’s resurrection The sky turning back to blue The reopening of the curtains to a lighted stage A possibility, a tiny jest of instinct In my mind I met you halfway But my heart held back astride For when you left, it died.