You waited under porch light beams
Your shadow danced inside my dreams
That flicker matched your fragile heart
Afraid to glow, afraid to part
But in that gold, I saw you clear
A thousand ways you drew me near
You never said the words I knew
But silence wrapped me up in you
Porch light flicker, you and I
Too soft to say a full goodbye
I stayed where all the lamps would dim
Where love was pale, and never grim
We were made of almost bright
Of steps that paused, not out of fright
But care so deep, we had to tread
Where porch light flickers love instead