some people are stars.

you know, the kind of people
who shine brightest in the dark,
who keep their place even as the skies change
who can always guide us back home
     no matter how far we’ve strayed
     or how lost we are.

they burn and they shine and they twinkle,
so that we might look up in your bleakest nights
     and find something bright to look at. 

but you–
my god, you are a sun.

you don’t just shine in the dark–
     you drive it away like an angel banishing stray demons
you don’t just keep your place as the skies change–
     you make the skies change around you
you didn’t just guide me home–
     you gave me a place to call home when I had none
     you made yourself a home for me

you burned and you shined and you flared,
so that I would never have to face the shadows of the night
     for as long as I had you to blaze for me.