i asked you to give me space,
and you gave me the most luminous
night m a g i c
you’ve always known how i love constellations
how i search for them
when i am overwhelmed in a world
that is too much chaos and not enough calm
and we sat there watching
until they said their sweet goodbyes,
until they were swallowed up the sunlight
and i knew in that moment
that nothing was a waste,
all those tears and all that pain
because if it wasn’t for the shadows
i wouldn’t know the beauty of the stars
– ashley jane