I drink the night like milk
a mothers warm embrace
I count the stars like silk
they enter through my face
I take in these layered tunes
by sound of brook on stone
an oath sworn by the moon
   the night is mine alone

The moon shrouds herself in darkness
A widows veil upon her face
Wearing the face of mourning
Into my heart she spake

"Do not cry for yourself
I shall cry for you
Do not mourn for the lie
I shall help you find the truth

Close your eyes and listen
You need to seek your peace
You will find it not in people
You shall find it inside thee

Enjoy the life you are given
Forget the pain of past
Open your eyes to new lovers
Your love is not small but vast"

I relish in the wisdom she gives
If only for a time
A meditation of one's soul
Preparing me for my prime

You lifted my celestial body from my inner dark to the deepest heart
You once crossed the path of modern feelings trapped by desire and loneliness

I have forever thought of our past
Dried up with nothing left
But the memories will not go away
and all hope has said its final goodbye

I lay with the burdens that cover me,
as they will not take over my soul
But I still see them in the stars and the sky,
Hope, love, fear and pain, they are all here

The drops of sorrow that runs down my cheek were replaced by wonders
I wondered why
I wondered when
I wondered how
Why, when and how did these feelings leave me?
The answer was I don't know

I.  You. Dried up and gone
No longer together
Seconds and minutes vanished
like the hours and days
They are just whispers in the winds of time
forever crushed

Shifting my thoughts of constant sorrow
I dreamt of nothing anymore
I see nothing anymore
I feel nothing anymore
Break me up into pieces
and scattered me into the air

I tried to leave
but his hands held onto mine,
like a lost traveler,
kept in an ancient city.
He asked why
I had to go.
And I told him,
"I want to go back home".
he looked up at me,
with eyes like attractions,
which I want to visit
and take snapshots of.
My fingers traced his face
one more time,
like I'm tracing a map
of unvisited destinations.
Then he pulled me into
a homely embrace.
With his voice like a warm
and protective blanket said,
"Stay with me.
I'm your home,
And I'll be your vacation."

but what happens
if the moon
actually discovers
his real other half?

then
i'm not the half-moon
he's destined to be with.
i'm just an astronomer,
a selenophile,
lost in a love phase.
because i will still love you
even if you vanished
from my sight
and turned into
a new moon.