Eclipse of the Heart

In the vast sky of my existence,
You rose, a radiant sun,
Your warmth, your light, your essence,
Illuminating worlds undone.

With each dawn, you climbed higher,
Chasing shadows from my soul,
Igniting a celestial fire,
Making my fractured spirit whole.

But as your brilliance reached its peak,
A darkness crept, unseen,
A moon of sorrow, cold and bleak,
Began to intervene.

Slowly, surely, it drew near,
This orb of grief and pain,
Eclipsing joy, eclipsing cheer,
Leaving naught but wane.

Yet in this dance of light and shade,
A strange beauty emerged,
As love and loss together played,
Their boundaries blurred and merged.

For in the shadow’s deepest heart,
Your light still burned so bright,
A corona of love’s own art,
Glowing in the night.

And though the darkness seemed complete,
It could not quench your flame,
In penumbral shadows sweet,
I whispered your dear name.

This eclipse, both curse and gift,
Revealed truths long concealed,
How in the heart’s cosmic drift,
Both light and dark are sealed.

For love, in all its glory bright,
Can blind us to the pain,
While loss, a thief of pure delight,
Makes memories remain.

So in this celestial dance,
Of sun and moon entwined,
I find a bittersweet romance,
Of feelings interlined.

The totality will pass, I know,
The light will once more shine,
But changed forever by this show,
Of love and loss divine.

For in this eclipse of the heart,
Where joy and sorrow meet,
I’ve learned that they’re not far apart,
But make life bittersweet.

So let the cosmic ballet turn,
Through light and darkness vast,
For in its cycles, we can learn,
That nothing’s meant to last.

Yet in the fleeting and the bold,
In shadow and in light,
The heart finds stories to be told,
Of love’s eclipse so bright.