The night sky peppered with diamonds
The skeletal trees blowing in an unseen wind
Together we sit beneath the galaxies,br> Waiting for something to happen
We don't know for what or who or why
All we know is that we're waiting
Sitting on the velvet moss
Staring up into the kaleidoscope of stars
Neither speaks for fear of shattering the silence
But an unspoken word hangs between us
As a pendulum on a grandfather clock
While we're waiting here in the silken dark
The only light is from the blazing moon
And the pinpoints of silver fire above us
Our muffled breath sounds like ocean waves
Slipping in on a midnight tide
Our heartbeats are the drum roll of an army
Marching to their deaths on distant shores
Still we wait, watching the constellations dance
Listening to the chorus of insects
Serenading our waiting ears
Time like a silken shroud slips away
And all that's left is waiting
Hours pass on gilded wings
And still we wait for some wonder unknown
The horizon blushes pink with the coming dawn
And still it hasn't shown itself
We dread the light for then we have to leave
But we know that it must come
The silence shatters into rainbow shards
As the rosy disk peeps over the hill
Bathing everything in it's path with gold
Birds trill a greeting to the coming dawn,br. And we rise to avoid the light
Once safely ensconced in our beds
Away from the jeweled drops of morning dew
Our eyes close to rest in preparation
For the coming twilight
When we both know we'll meet again
In under a night sky peppered with diamonds