I Cannot Stay Poem by Barry Middleton

the sky tonight is peach
the air is still as death
the noise of day is done
and I am past my grief

the trees are black like lace
that shields the fading light
as moments of my life
I gather to my dreams

and I will take the dare
of peach tinged autumn days
and wait for day and noise
and long lost lace and grief

the sadness comes at dusk
the stars are firing up
as pain comes pouring down
then I must go my way

though life is everything
the seasons pass away
though life is beautiful
I know I cannot stay