Dark Skies

Stars are dreams and wishes, but sometimes the skies are empty.

It was as dark as a dreamless night
I beheld no stars in sight
There were simply no wishes or dreams born
In a darkness so forlorn

Each old and adamant desire
Beneath the blackness did expire
Like their corresponding star
As fading as a wound without a scar

Wishes and dreams a memory away
Extinguished and gone and can’t covey
This emptiness within the skies
With torpid light that only lies

Shadows of stars hang above
Like the remnants of a glorious love
I look up, but I see no light
No tiny gems of glittering white

How long ago did desire die?
When did all hearts cease to try?
To wish, believe, and simply hope
How did our hearts learn to cope?

My night knows no final end
And I know no way for my sight to mend
Only I see no stars by night
I am left to wonder if I ever might