PAIN COLOURED BRIGHT

the stars still appear at night
but they are pain coloured dim
sad tinged bright
a zillion fold canvas
of everything lost
i no longer look up
too high is the cost
they still twinkle and dance
but tis music of bleak
i have no ears to hear them
so we no longer speak
like a lover rejected
the shine has worn off
the beauty all tarnished
all the magic... too lost

M P 7/3/21