North Star

I know

I shouldn't ask you to stay.

You lost your light

The principle star of your sky

And none other will ever shine

As bright.

However, if you must depart

You deserve to know

You are a luminary

In my world.

A constellation that has guided me through my darkest nights;

A daystar on my brightest days.

Your light in my world

Bore lesser stars that have filled

My sky.

If you leave there will be light

It just won't be as bright.

What world will this world become without you?

There has never been a world I've known without your existence.

Three decades of a life

Which you have always inhabited.

Now I am to lose you to the queen, Night

She promises you a bed of slumber beside your beloved.

I just beg for a few moments more before this bittersweet twilight

To adorn you in my love, my respect, and gratitude

As you fall from my sky

To your resting place

A bed in the palace of Night.