The Burn

In the darkness of my world

You're still my light

The reason that I'm breathing

The truth behind my fight

And in the scheme of all of this

You are my vision

You're what I set my sights upon

Each day that I am living

There are moments

I lost sight of how you mattered

But when those moments fall apart

And leave me shattered

There's a place that I return

Cause inside me still you burn

You're the earth below this ever waving ladder

When the circle ends and all is lost

There's you

And time and time again

It's your strength that pulls me through

I don't have to wonder

How much time is left

Since you've been gone

I've just been living out my death

Without this place that I return

God knows I might as well just burn

But I go on knowing life ain't over yet

I keep fighting so my life has no regrets

Soul mates are funny things... There when you need them most just by happenstance.  I think everyone has a soul mate but that doesn't mean they are the love of your life.  It could be that your sister is your soul mate.  Mine?  My friend Ryan.  We keep in touch not nearly as much as I like there have even been times we'd go a year without talking but somehow I know that he will always be there when I need him, as I would be for him.  I regret to say that I did not write that above poem about Ryan or about my fiance.  I wrote this poem when I was young and didn't understand what it meant to truly be there for someone.  I do now so this one is dedicated to those people in my life that are there for me....  I'll be there for you too :)