The Unending Ways...

The stars shine brightly tonight...

Not outside of course... the errata of spring brings great luminous clouds into the night sky... shining with light of the moon and stars far behind them, hidden away like a curtain of Heaven...

The stars are yours...

They resonate deep within your eyes, shining brightly as if light were coming from far inside your mind... And yet you look away, words escaping your lips I did not want to hear...

Lets rewind a bit, just a little back from now...

I lean back and relax, the stars are bright this night, and they seep through the blinds... You are talking to me, telling me of most intriguing exploits. Sometimes I cannot believe what I hear, but you tell no lies, deceit is not your game. Then those words escape your lips... those words that shatter my dreams...

Like a shooting star, glowing brighter and brighter, and then disappearing into the cold dark of the sky.

Fast forward to recent moments.

The music is loud, and the moment is calm. The screen plays over and over again, burning our eyes with its images... I look to you and catch your eyes, the light of the screen reflects from them, but deeper still I see the starlight. It burns brighter still, and coaxes me to reach out to them. I lift my hand and move closer to you.. Then, the words, entrenched within my mind it echoes to life, surging through my thoughts. I pull back, and lean away, I cannot come close to you...

Move to now... You are sitting there, reading...

Can you see me now? Even as you read this can you see me, just beyond your screen, pensively approaching you from the other side. I see your eyes as you read, focused, confused, and determined to understand. I raise my hand and pass it through the screen, forward to you. Can you feel it? My hand reaches out and holds you, placed against your cheek. The words... They swarm around me in voice, writing, and across my screen. They rage across my eyes, my ears, my mind, burning my soul with its jealous screams. The words tear me down and burn me away and still, gently, through this screen I hold you.

The truth will kill me, and still I reach to you.

C.n you fe.l m.?

Ca. y.u h..r me?

C.. yo... love... m..