Dream Tear Poem by Barry Middleton

the moon is sinking in the west
where it becomes a tear
that falls upon forsaken stars
beyond the atmosphere

and there appears a silhouette
within the grieving night
then I recall the one I loved
before the death of light

the dark reveals a broken dream
a moonlit rhapsody
another time another place
in breathless harmony

but soon the sun will rise again
to steal my dream away
yet I would rather hold the night
than emptiness of day

still dawn deprives my fantasy
and robs all hope of bliss
as light intrudes into my room
to seal a parting kiss