Sons of Light and Darkness

Shadows surround her face as she lies next to me.
Tears fall unnoticed on the pillow as I keep her gaze.
She cries for things known, loved, and lost.
I lie through my teeth and promise we will never die.
But her silent tears fall despite herself.
Worlds build, expand, and explode but our love endures.

Explode

Footworn and weary souls
Coasting through tunnels of trees
Towards distant horizon lines
Floating in boxes of tin and dreams

Under us, the river of relativity
Above us, sky and impossible heights
Destinations known and unknown
The past forgotten and forlorn

We live and die and burn away
Burn bright, extinguish, but never flicker
Become supernova, explode the stars
Consume life in the backdraft