Question in the Dark

The dark night sky surrounded us
but it felt brighter and warmer
than the cold emptiness chilling my skin
The sound of scraping limbs
like winter growing his bare tree
inside of my missing heart
pierced my frustration too wide --
And why were we sitting so far apart
When I asked the question?
I thought I knew the answer
as I studied your invisible inflections
until you stared blankly through me
right past my cast iron impression
Nodding your head silently
too assuredly, almost ironically
you said yes
My God! That's what you said!
I sunk into the abyss of titanium
emotionally redundant dread
Now in the aftershock of that moment
though I only wanted truth
I had hoped to replace
your old one way mirror
with love's promising youth
Finding complete security
within you and eventually in me
I realize now
someway, somehow
it will always never be me