The Blue Veil

Pastel blue shade in June drape down
from the light in the sky
hiding deep black space from the eye
touching down on the greenery
covering low black fenland

With a sigh I dream of a billion stars
lost in it's hue
when the clear black night
sweeps away the thick blue veil
and folds it around just one setting sun
here is the beauty of the night

Ten billion floating globes strain their sight
in the pin pricked gloroius night
pondering too the one who made them
just like you and I
in awe of a nocturnally awakened sky

The shrouds of day steal
night-time beauty from the eye
when the night comes cloudless
a veil is drawn from the jet black star struck
ebony light of the night
touching numberless stars flung to eternity

With my one good eye
I see the twinkling light of the night
from a million light years past
drawing me back from the brink of the future

I fly with that one good eye and see
one by one over timeless time
the birth of myriad suns
living their finite lives
just like you and I