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Beautiful boy

Sunshine smile

Wish I knew

How the years would fly

Brightened by your light

Held you one last time

So you could feel

Feel love as you died

And now darkness

Stands untested

You took the sunshine with you

For a while

Before you left

I held you in my hands

Obsidian haired

A black mass of defiance

A conductor of pure chaos

A portal to another world

The purest fire

The purest reflection

Entire universes contained within you

Contained within my hands

Oh how lucky we were

How lucky we were

Burning so brightly

A glorious flame

A glorious life

Never tamed

Lost to the light

I wiped your tears with my thumb

And pressed you into my chest

Oh how lucky we were

Oh how lucky we were

We bear the pain

The hollow feeling

Our ears ring

But there’s no screaming

The blackest days

Leave us weeping

As we held onto

Your glorious life

There’s no burning love Without this loss

There’s no words that ever seem enough

That’s love and loss and that is life

And you’ll never know we miss your smile

Though we only had you for a while

We will see you on the other side