Surrounded in darkness, on your radiance I must feed, 

passions burst I splinter, into dazzling shards of need,

burned by everything you touch; heart, mind, and soul,

an undeniable force, near you my resolve will not hold.

In your embrace I long to blaze in your scorching depth,

to be seared by your regard, you cremate my flesh, 

until I am but ash, blown on the winds of your breath.

Like a dying star you explode across my darkest skies,

your brilliance erases everything before my eyes,

a vision of unconditional love I see you refined,

I stare longingly into your light, without fear of going blind

Your exposed heart, a beauty beyond what I could ever imagine, 

You have been concentrated into a core of inescapable attraction,

becoming the very axis on which my universe will forever spin.

With you I have learned how to live and love again,

for too brief a time you will  outshine even heaven,

and as you dwindle into an unseen faint point of light,

I will feel your influence, pulling me in tight.    

Bryan David Lang