dark star

who is the darkest star?
through windows of bars
never showing your belly
and holding it to the light
much too heavy to realize
that beauty runs deepest
when tortured souls hide
like moths to the flame
reading faces like braille
touching to get pricked
by hidden thorn nails
sometimes you talk to me
appearing lost in thought
afraid of coming out today
haunting your face with
a glimmer and a smile
and a twinkle in your eye
from crying and holding on
to a drifting life in time
I watch you sometimes when
drinks enslave and trap me
and days get clearer by night
as colors move softly inside
and my lonely one becomes
the only one