The Light Bringer

 The darkness a mantle that covers the earth.

 Timeless stars cascade the bejeweled heavens.

 The stillness of all time pervades in the night sky.

 The light bringer stands as a silent sentry

 Lighting the planets one by one.

 Two lovers sleep in the blessed stillness

 In cushions of clouds below the moon.

 His starlight falls upon them like gentle rain

 Bestowing them the gift of his purest light.

 On the earth below lovers woo

and maidens dream.

 Bathing in his magical mist.

 The light bringer watches them.

He sees the lovers share a kiss.

 Believing they would

capture each fleeting moment.

 Preserve it forever in their memories

 But their time was as a grain of sand

 The deserts of time belonged to him.