Till Night Has Passed Poem by Barry Middleton

when I am fast asleep
I dream again of you
the night is filled with stars
and love is young and new

I take you in my arms
we dance beneath the moon
the band has played again
our old familiar tune

I reach into the night
but cannot find you there
I know you are a dream
a shadow cold and bare

yet I would not awake
but stay where dreamers go
as stars fulfill a wish
to find you in their glow

I know you are a dream
and dreams can never last
still I will linger here
until the night has passed