lotus, pt. vi

When could you say

That the moon

Will show its true beauty,

Even with all of its craters

Covered in emptiness

And its bleak shades of gray?

Even when we face each other

An eclipse birthed in our gazes

As your light shines my potential

I cast a heavy shadow over the earth

My light faded in my past.

They always see me at my worst

Will I ever know what it means

To be beautiful?

To be wanted?

To be needed?

My light will never be as bright as yours.

Without you, our orbit breaks

Into meaningless drifting,

Forever lost in your absence.