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Rekindle Dark Places

We were little and I think...maybe you were the first to steal my heart.
But I can't really remember back that far, if I'm being honest.
I know you were one of the firsts, if that counts for anything against the disappointment left by my fading memory.
We were just so young.
And I've given so much time and energy to protect myself from those days.
I've spent all of myself blocking them out for one reason or another.
Those skies embedded close to your nose,
They get me every time.
I can see galaxies far beneath them, with stars and planets and life.
I see it all where you had it once, only you've pushed this light far into you.
Where we can all hardly see it.
Look at me again, come back home.
Show me the light deep inside of you.
The light I miss so much.
Let me talk to you sheepishly about things that don't matter.
Like the weather and your camera and what the next five months mean to both of us.
There was a day when I looked at myself as someone you'd never give the time of day to,
Now I think I'm someone who could help you, someone you need.
You need me and you need the rest of us.
We will be waiting here for you,
Whenever you decide you're done trying to prove yourself.
We all miss you, miss who you were once and what your smile meant to us.
I miss the smile in your eyes and how I never had to search for the sun in your darkness.
Now all I see is dark.
But I'm waiting for the light,
Because I know a light like yours can't just disappear.
Not without a trace.
I hope you choose to rekindle this light, because life sucks a lot without it.
Trust me, as someone who's been there...in that dark place.