Night Untaken

you spoke of days I had dreampt
in tones that quelled my questions
planets and stars dazzled
wind swept across a barren place

then sweet rain washed the dust away
i reached out to touch your face
you smiled and sang your words
i had heard them before

but you sang with the heart of a child
and light spilled across the night sky
we looked into space
and saw something there

you looked at me
i smile and stepped into the shade

so much to change your life.. but it never exists.. it was. but then gone. I grasp at straws most of the time.

somewhere in the distance
connection
to all humanity
lays

elusively
deceivingly attainable
but now i wonder

if i should reach it
how will i know?

will there be a faint smile of recognition?
will happiness, the great ever elusive mystery
be found?

or will i pass it by?
restrained and cautious

like a stranger in the night?

night :)

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