The sky is dark tonight on this hill
The sun has gone
And set into the Earth
Wind and cold and quiet
I feel like I could reach out and grab the stars
And maybe just maybe know
You're watching your darling boy grow
Into the brave young man you saw at the hospital
On that cool Autumn morning
Surrounded by white and the smell of chemicals
It's too bad I couldn't give you life too
No no instead all I could do is watch
Just you and your box and the dirt
Me in my black and tears and snot
They put you back into the Earth
And covered it with a stone
Though I don't know what it says yet
But I'm learning and growing
Just as you told me to
Before you went into the black sky
Before I waited in futile anxiety
Looking at the bright moon
Looking for the stars
Looking for the wrinkles in God's face

Mother see the stars tonight
I wish you could sit right here and hold me tight
And sing to me to sleep like you used to do

-*You are my sunshine