why are you here ?

why are you here ?
where have you come from ?
why have i been so cursed
with someone so brilliant and true
there's no time for your curious mind
no place for your eager inquisitive face
your light
it's too bright
it burns like the truth in the night
what am i supposed to do
with someone as bright
and as honest as you ?
i can't even kill you
though we both know i tried
you just didn't die on that night
which i guess was a good thing for all
but you were still here
constantly blazing that blistering brilliance
of your need for the truth and the light

i'll give you all that you need in this life
and more, so much more, wait and see
you'll find what it is that you're seeking
by the absence of all that you think you might know
the light will be turned on by forces of darkness
and truth so disguised by layers upon layers of lies
you'll come to know love by that which it isn't
you'll come to know peace on your knees
as you pray for relief from the pain and the aching
of too many days on the pilgrimage trail
and too many stark cold lonely nights