The Moon and I

You are the moon, I, the Sun, meeting briefly, as my radiance fades to night

Spreading your velvet eventide, I slip into oblivion, far under your sight

I am benumbed in the inky-ness as I watch your dazzling bliss

But, you are unaware that I’m there, alone in the shadowy mist

You search the sky for shiny spheres, expanding like silvery dust

Flashing and decaying bits of tin, eventually turning to rust

My ethereal ghost melts like snow, my rays bring the morning glow

The birds sing and the butterflies dance, beneath my fiery show