A treasure is said to lie

in a solid wood encased

Hidden from view in years' embrace

A treasure is something found

Like a pearl dug out of a sandy depth

A love possessed from irritation

A treasure is often spoken

as something found that is rarely seen

But a treaure isn't always as it seems

A treasure is a star

fallen from the night sky

streaking across the horizon

never to be seen again

A treasure is a moment in time

that leaves simply a cherished memory

A treasure lies in a heart's thoughts

Though never are they seen

You're my falling star

My simple cherished memory

I can feel your cool embrace again

your treasure encased within me

While passing where your dwelling lay

My heart sealed in a molten case

I didn't want to believe my treasure had wandered

into another's hands

I cursed the ground for not craddling your steps

For somehow not keeping you from harms way.

Why were you taken from me?

I never sacrificed my treasure

The pools of wet stung down my cheeks

Shining mockingly in the glare of the sun

It's brightness glowering pointedly

mocking my hands now empty of you

Sandpaper ripping across my flesh

Eating me from the inside out

Until I realized that my treasure

indeed was heaven sent

and so still held within me lies

A memory of you my dear, so sweet

I feel the freshness of the rain

and can hear your pounding feet

I see the pinholes in the night sky

the dazzling curtains of heaven

and once again I see the sparkle of your eyes

I smile up at cumulus clouds

and I feel you smiling back me

You're here, my treasure

You're in my heart

You keep in time beside me

You're always in my thoughts

Even though you've gone away

Even though you weren't here to stay

You're still my treasure from a far

My brightly, streaking fallen star.