Aphelion

As the lights of the day bled into each other
a silence, like a shady veil, fell between us.
It was more like a worn-out pilgrim:
he came home to stay: 
placing his muddy shoes on the doorway 
for knowing no wayfarer ones remained.

Without a shadow of a doubt, I used to angelize you.
And you needed no enlightening for your still 
kept sharpening your shiny blades.
Now I am at aphelion; 
further from the breathing blaze than ever
yet still I am capable of coming clean:

to realize that your shadow only paled me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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