i saw all
that sylvia saw
both our minds
were burned
she sent closer
to the sun
she did not
return

sylvia soared 
on wings of fear
i flew too
but not so far
sylvia strayed
sylvia stayed
too long
sylvia shaped
and sculpted poems
from the granite
of a star
all that i 
could do was try
to carve a simple song

her light
was bright as
seraphim
my candle-wick
was dim
yet we both felt
our spirits melt
'neath sun
without a scrim

i envied sylvia
ariel eyed
and one of us
one of us
died.