temporary

willing for the moment, so fleeting
but dawn will still arrive
and with its brilliant arrival
our love is cast aside

a temporary measure
i've chosen for so long
because the very roots of me
are shallow and not strong

i loved you for the moment
intensity defined
the willingness foreshadowed
by the darkness left inside

the time is but a whisper
of a love left long ago
as any need to fill me
is what i'll never know