Starless

I stare

Into the inky black of night I stare

The starless sky is bewitching

Swallowing

Holding tight

Deep silent abyss

Here I find comfort

A friend

I am called to work by gray

Blue is my companion

Hues of orange and pink and purple greet my return

Reminding me of beauty

Majesty

Splendor

Bedecked with ever changing beads of glass

Richly bare

Pure and whole

Fades slowly to black

Inky black

A tear slips out

I taste the salt

Bittersweet

I pour out my heart

A torrent of emotion

The void swallows them all

My cares, my griefs, my pains

My loves, my joys, my song

Carried on the wind

To the ears of Eternity

Before His feet I grovel in anguish

Remembering what he did for me

How ungrateful I am

How unworthy I am

How unworthy

And yet

With open embrace and silent caresses

He holds me

Alone I stare up and through

Penetrating the depths of infinity

I am cleansed

My soul is free

Like a leaping doe in the freshest of spring

I am empty now

For a precious moment

My load will grow burdensome again

As it has time and time before

And the inky black remains

Always there

Waiting for me

Swallowing

Holding tight

Deep silent abyss

Here I find comfort

A friend

At the end of every day

I stare into the sky

I pour my troubles out

I lay them down before my Maker

He cleanses me and empties me

Prepares me for the coming dawn

I will return to Him

When the sky goes black again

I stare

Into the inky black of night I stare

The starless sky is bewitching

Swallowing

Holding tight

Deep silent abyss

Here I find comfort

A friend