You laugh at me
Crawling at your feet
I am not a star, you say
To worship so
You are right.
I see them in the night sky
So perfect, shining
Each one a diamond in the night
And yet
You come
My Rising Sun
You rise and your eyes drink all the darkness down
Your smile rapes the night
And leaves it broken
You rise,
And a thousand glittering stars are lost
All darkness with them
Until all that remains
Is you
You are no star
For your coming banishes them beyond sight
You are no moon
For your light warms sustains and burns me
You are my rising sun
For while you are in my sky
I see no other
And when you pass
Darkness rules
The twinkling of those perfect stars
No comfort
The shining of the moon
Pale and cold reminder,
It is not you.
You rise and laugh
To see me coursing at your feet
A dog before a goddess
But you cannot know;
Who has never seen the darkness
Who can never know a world
Without the touch
Of your blessed sun.