Elliot
Canto XXIV
Eyes as black as coal
Show the emptiness of his light
Extending a hand
To rejoin me in this night
Though I’m in the dark
A fire’s burning deep inside
Trying to reconnect
With the things I tried to hide
“We are incomplete,” he says
“We’ve been this way for a while
I’ve waited oh so long for you
To reach this final mile.
Take my hand and don’t be scared
I’ll always have your back
I am your presence in the dark
Where demons do attack.”
A Life in Poems 