Starry Nights

Glistening waves reaching forward to speak.
Warm moonlight tasting every word.
Starry skies conspiring to flaunt their prayers.
A school of wandering mist chuckles in mischief.

An eternal night promises nothing
yet dances on starry skies,
swims through a rainbow of tears
and finds its place in a dream.
Each momentous visit it charms its way
into bright souls
dimming them softly,
and bringing them home.

An infant cries it’s last cry
wrapped in a blanket of night.
There’s no shame in this plight
and dreary shades of buttery moss
gleam in a smile.
An old man stumbles
and clutching his heart
he sighs a dark joy.
He has no regrets
and the night comes to him
like a wandering pup.
A young bride lays still,
trapped in a blood-soaked bed,
and bludgeoned by her groom.
The night enters her
with a swirling swoon.
Hungrily she accepts its sweet kiss.
A young boy cries out!
Pinned under a car
a deafening void takes him home.
His mother shudders in disbelief,
she stares at an empty vessel,
and her tears stain the night
on a canvas of grief.

The night fares well.
Its work is a song of devotion.
Tasting sweet sorrows,
it tenderly wraps you
in a beguiling embrace.
You grin an empty grin
and the night hovers around you
filling you with starry skies.