the length of the night [POEM]

you are the sun.

i am the moon. 

what little light you see in me is merely yours, reflected across the length of the night. 

you are the the sun. 

i am Icarus, 

a fool fated to fall and burn before i ever reach you like i once did.

even on wings of cement, i will still fly to you. 

you are the sun.

you continue to radiate your rays,

whilst i, 

i am a shooting star, only temporary.