Request Poem by RIC BASTASA

love not the fading of the light
darkness is its only offering

oh the light of the moon and the stars
oh there may be too many of them

but their silence is deadening
their flickers merely an additive

wait for the twilight for it
offers you the breaking of day

the light of the sun
the merrymaking of the flowers and bees

the whispers of love in the air
the playful waves of the sea

love me not
for i am only the friend of the moon

please go
i have nothing but the empty promises of the stars