Star Struck

The velvet evening
finally is spent

Twilight sky rolls in
right on schedule
on the wheels of existence

Sparkling stars bright
that had once ruled the night
with confident arrogance
are now reduced
to dying specks of light

But rest assured
the stars above
never truly leave us

They don't get turned off
like a cosmic light switch 

They just become victims
of excess background
solar illumination
from our very own sun
which is incidentally
a star in it's own right

So come the dawn
the sea of stars
we have always
wished upon
will all be subjugated
by the impending
blinding sunrise

But please do not despair
my disappointed friends
for our far out 
celestial companions
still hover over us
and shall return
to reclaim their sparkle
when the returning dusk
yet again commences