Little darling, centre of my world
Uniting all the stars in your brilliance
Cherub of heaven, among the flock
You complete my soul
My true love
And my only ambition
You are the essence of my being
Without you, I am dust
All my vitality lies in your hand
Love is your foundation
Knowing my heart gives life, only for you
Everything about you sings out clearly;
Reality is heaven by your side
I sit in solitude by the lake
Reflecting on the shadows
And the figure of my love
Who has long since taken flight
The moon neglects me in malice
Leaving the darkened water
To face the bleak and hopeless twilight
With no companion, only I
Nothing left may glisten
Without the soft moonlight
Without the luminescent cherub
Who had shone all through the gloom
This place holds your memory
And so, with torment, do I
I recall the the glowing beauty
Who faded to the dark
Your very breath had given life
And a purpose to this place
Water, dusk and silent love
Granted timelessness by you
I still see your complexion
Silken skin against the night
As I described you, alabaster
For you must be the death of me
I dreadfully gaze down
At the black and raw elixer
Once a body of glistening beauty
With the power to reflect your own
I shiver harshly in bleak desolation
There is no warmth left anywhere
And though I reach out into the gloom
You have abandoned me
All that’s left of you is love
Burning through my heart
And as I decline to misery
Engulfed, I suffocate in you
This scene is empty
Devoid of all delight and faith
Lacking both elegance and beauty
Like me, this place is hollow without you
We are so beautiful
My darling, you and I
When all around us celebrate
We hang our heads and cry
And if, perchance they should fall
And be trapped in our woe
We will somehow lift ourselves
And find our hearts aglow
Sanity is ugly
So I must tell myself
As I pass through daily cycles
Of decaying mental health
Mimicking the sunlight
With a blissful smile and cheer
Becoming one with the moon
Embracing loneliness and fear
Sanity is normal
And in some ways so am I
But yet I find, I’m not the same
No matter how I try
There’s always something different
A mood swing or obsession
My anger gathers lightly
Creating social tension
Sanity is expected
It’s possessed without a care
And yet somehow they look at us
And see that it’s not there
Perhaps I make it obvious
When I’m staring into space
Or when my mood is flickering
And my speech is changing pace
Insanity is so unique
What makes yours is not in mine
Like every tear left in the sun
Like every kiss enshrined
And though I can’t escape this
The madness I’ve been granted
I know that I accept my sickness
And view my sanity recanted
If I could only tell myself
That your slaying words were true
I could end it all tonight
And take my own life just for you
If I could only tell myself
That your heart can not be mine
Maybe I’d dive, I’d fly and fall
And erase our hearts, entwined
If I could just believe your words
I could open up my grave
I could lay myself to rest
Cherishing the love you gave
But my heart is beating still
And it only beats for you
So I feel I have to ask
Were your words of venom true?
Because if there is just a chance
A single glimour left of hope
I would run to you right now
And put away this length of rope
If you tell me that it’s over
And your tears hit the floor
I might just believe you
And release the love you swore
But I ask you leave me be
Don’t try to stop me mourning you
And when they find I’m cold and late
You’ll know my love was always true
So before you turn your back
And say you’ll never more be mine
I beg for one concluding thing
Just to hold you one more time
Before you had embraced my love
Merely to live was pain
But by the grace of god above
Light was destined now to reign
Through our time I knew you well
I gave my loving heart forever
You dragged me back from the brink of hell
You said we’d always be together
Your love, it seems, was not to last
And now I’m stranded, on my own
All joy and bliss locked in the past
I must wither all alone
You are more a part of me
Since you said you love me too
Than I myself could ever be
Because I am nothing without you
She gave you everything you wished for
And said she’d never make you cry
Promised her love for ever more
You never figured out she lied
Her love dried up a week ago
Unlike your arm, which now is wet
All that love and happiness
You never will forget
You stand, reflecting on the past
Eyes burning through the mirror
You don’t feel pain, just misery
You’ve lost the one forever
Gazing down, you feel so hollow
Without her, you’re nothing more
Your only ever pool of hope
Now collecting on the bathroom floor
Ian Stewart Black 