Dear Skye

The End is Only The Beginning

You left in haste
Without a trace
Which probably explains why
It's taken a while

To learn to love again
To learn to be a friend
To learn to value you
To learn to embrace the new

You were wonderful, Skye, yes you were
For the longest time you were my only world
The only person who held the key
To uncovering my mysteries

But now, my dear, I have discovered
Other entrances hidden under rubble
Under the debris of our earthquakes
When you brought down the worlds we made

I have sifted, oh, how I have searched
Through sand, and ash, lye and dirt
At first, of course, I was looking for you
But over time the search was subdued

The reality soon faded into a memory
And present times became history
When all's said and done, where will you be?
While all's left standing is... me

I've found another entrance dear, one you didn't know
Buried far beneath ice and a thousand layers of snow
It took a long time to find it, time, heat and friction
Laid under slates encoded with alien diction

Then I looked closely at the engravings
There were patterns perplexing and penetrating
Right to the core of all dissent
Of dissonance, of regret, and resentment

The code was the final key I needed
To blast through the ice that melts and refreezes
To access the entrance to a cave of mystery
Unencumbered selves, shattered in pieces

I'd put them back together in time
With cracks so perfect, lines so fine
Formulating a new me, me dear
Rising from the ashes, the fire I feared

But fear does not become me anymore, Skye
It does not hover as a shadow by my side
I have seen the light at the end of the road
And I'm ready, now, to free-fall into the unknown