The Moon's not here tonight; she’s gone a-roaming. <br />I saw her only a night or two ago, <br />But when I looked again for her tonight <br />She didn’t come. She won’t be back for a while. <br />The sky is dark and lonely when she's gone <br />Although there sometimes are the tiny stars <br />Giving little glitterings afar <br />And the sky is soft and beautiful, like velvet~ <br />Now without a moon the darkness deep <br />Closes in, extinguishing the light; <br />Except for lamps which man has made for us <br />Glowing from the windows of our homes; <br />So bright the lights in streets of New York City <br />They have been seen most easily from space. <br />Brilliant imitations of the sun, <br />Without them we would all be caught in darkness. <br />Let those lights be glowing ever bright <br />That they may lighten all our hearts at night.<br /><br />Kate Wiley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nocturne-xii-lights-in-the-night/
