The Night Has Rushed In

The night has rushed in By your leave, my Lady And her SweetSea EyeGreen will rise in her eyes And kiss that dark sky One long last time And then that night shall rush in I looked up to the Sweet Star Sad as dusk she smiles And she told me--"the night soon oh--listen... Soon the night shall rush in... Even the birds sing of night now" I looked up then and Star was shot Bowed and golden dust rings in her wake That sun clouded in sparrows Came for us, and the Moon Closed her eyes again, and waved her hands goodbye By her leave, I left through the broken door Your photograph is bright open before me And you smile beautiful castle In the fields the poppies reach high as spires Beyond the Moon you wore as Shield And under that night rushing in Swooping in dreaming of a new sea Over in the street that leads from here to you The fog is glowing with faces I have known Down the road, down the way, in the dark And into dawn, where paths swoop like hares Your face as rich as pearls Drew footprints onto Summer Queens Glorious and graceful as they leap If you turn around And spell what you see The ending of the end BrightFire behind BrightFire before In the tiny twilight As fine as moss and FingerSweet I see your eyes dance like moths All around you the Soft Stars fall And whisper "the night has rushed in For you and for me"