In the tender slice between light and dark
Lies a moment, a fragment of time
A piece of a life
While the stars catch up 
As the sun takes a rest
And I catch my breath

So long the wait for the passing of day
To slip with bliss into the night
And welcome the light
Of sympathetic stars 
Soothing aches, taming fervent hopes
Of an obsessive heart

How stark the light of newly lit stars
Piercing a path to an unknown mark
An attempt to reveal, alas to unveil
That hidden beneath
The shell of the day

Yet present and past seen easily by the light
The future dimmed for just the moment
But forgotten not
As starlight must forgive
The intrusion of day
So must the future