ELLIE ELENOR
OUR STARS
LIKE SWANS
Today I am ecstatic,
Ecstatic that you found me.
I know now after wandering
without purpose or reason that getting lost,
is not always a waste of time.
Together we could be a supernova
my imperfections making you shine brighter;
burning our way through the universe
One soul in two halves.
I know now the moment we met
we became infinite.
The stars part for us
As we fly past.
Planets bending in an unyielding ark
Though there is no force stronger
than the feeling in my heart
when you lips hit mine,
That is an explosion so great
It creates galaxies.
Together both our lungs
breathe in time with the flares on our sun
And we will always be together
However far we go from one another
We are like swans paired for life,
No amount of time
or land can separate us,
we will forever be joined by the sky.
You and I are parts of the same person
It’s a fatal attraction and we'll keep coming back.
TRUE NORTH
Today I am thankful,
Thankful that I’m sure
I know now that I can never fall for you,
you outshine me,
I hold back your light from the world.
I know that I can never hold you,
you are my better half
and I have need to let you go,
Before I drag you down with me,
And now because you’ll never be as young
as you are tonight.
The second we met
you had something I needed.
I know now it wasn’t a thing.
It’s just you.
But it’s one thing to fall in love
It’s another to feel someone fall for you,
to feel culpable for that love,
to know that even though both our hearts
beat in time with our twinkling stars,
our time left
We can never be together.
However, distance is impossible
No matter where I go,
How far I wander,
How long I walk
I always find my way back.
You are my true north
And I am devastatingly in love with you.
ROOTS AND WINGS
Today I am nostalgic,
nostalgic over what could have been.
I often wonder what would have happened
if I hadn't left.
Would you be braiding our daughters hair,
while I ran across the peppered downs with our son.
I wonder if we would be living
in that country house from our dreams.
Fire lit evenings, warm,
and rich in love
Sending golden light to the heavens
We would teach our children
To collect moments not things,
to find joy in the ordinary.
We'd teach them that sometimes
when only the pen and paper are listening
to let the silence be their canvas
and paint a world they want to see.
We will give them roots and wings
And tell them when they find
something worth living for,
never let it go.
However, what's the point
No amount of wishing,
or praying,
or wondering
can bend our fate.
No matter how badly I need you
we can never change our stars.
