Orion's Belt, graced the sky as
I gazed; words cannot compare
To the wonder that a moonlit sky
Offered me that night.

My heart was a led weight.
I began to drift into
A space as vast as this
Celestial constellation
Above me in the sky.

The heaviness of heart left
An emptiness.
But there was something about
Those stars
They spoke to me in
Silent whispers, gentle caress
A love I needed.
A night I wished could marry me.

I wanted enveloping with love
And I searched,
Continents and oceans,
Lands and skies...

You never wanted me,
You wanted the idea of me
The shining diamond so comparable
To the night.

You saw what could be.
And I allowed you to dim
Then so subtly steal
Light I'd filled myself with
Since a child.

© Sia Jane