Is the purpose of the stars,
The soft velvet night,
The velvet darkness filled with starlight,
To soften the exquisite pain of your love?
Night falls bright with stars
And I feel the breath
Of the dark places between.
No matter how soft the touch
Of your night velvet hands
I still feel the cold glitter of the stars
And shiver in the howling winds of space.
Photo credit © Michael J. Bennett

