THE BLACK NIGHT SKY

By Peter Woodgate

I lie on the grass

And look up at the sky

The black night sky

And recall you and I.

The times when we voiced

Our wishes out loud,

There was no one to hear us

Away from the crowd.

We filled that great void

With a love for each other,

A love that we thought

Would be lasting forever.

We dreamed of the day

When we would be one

And departing the night sky

Walk with the sun.

But a dark cloud descended

The sun turned to rain,

The joy and the ecstasy

Gone, leaving pain.

Why did it happen?

Where did we go wrong?

We both sang the lyrics

But not the same song

So, I lie here alone

Looking up at the sky

The black night sky…

And a tear fills my eye.

 

Copyright Peter Woodgate