Hope Fades

The night
Is beautiful and haunting once again...

I reach my hand up to the stars
Hoping that the brush of my fingertips against
their cold, clean clarity will make me immortal.
But they are beyond my grasp
And I have failed, once again.
And hope fades...

I gaze intently, but unseeingly, at the darkness
Hoping that it's velvety blackness will envelop me,
take away my fear, and pain
like a favourite blanket on a cold night.
But it hangs there insensitively,
And I am in this place once again.
And hope fades...

I speak to myself of the beauty of the night
Hoping that you will hear me, and remember me,
Like lovers on another plane.
But my words are hollow and serve only to
remind me that the night is much more beautiful than me.
And I am silent once again.
And hope fades...

And I look into your eyes from a distance
Hoping that the picture there has changed
And I notice that I am much there and I
ponder that we are still here, and I ask
the timeless question.
But I already know the answer
And I cry once again.
And hope fades...

The sun rises with the promise of a new day.
But I wait for the night.
For I know that the night will be beautiful and haunting once again.
While hope fades...

2001 evk