Spangles of the night

 

The dark shroud wraps us all

In gasps of breathlessness

We look up in choking eyes

And pray

And the tears float up in the night sky

Like wisps of hopelessness

And singe the clouds

With day

 

From the pores pour

Streams of starlight

And in those spangles, peace comes

Without the slightest fight

Then you understand the wonders

Of a starry spangled night…