The double sky we live below, <br />Is ruled in equal parts; <br />Two thrones, two kings, each sky aglow, <br />But which one rules our hearts? <br /> <br />Against the West the Sun does set, <br />The East begins day's dawn <br />The Sun is praised for all it's might and yet, <br />Is nothing but a pawn. <br /> <br />Look upon a midnight sky, <br />And suns in thousands see, <br />As with ours each one must die. <br />Their shine will cease to be. <br /> <br />Yet chief amoung each sun and star, <br />The Moon does claim it's place. <br />It's gentle light so near, yet far, <br />Ameliorates our embrace. <br /> <br />But when the Sun reclaims the sky, <br />Eclipses he all others. <br />The night abolished we see why, <br />He's a king amoung his brothers. <br /> <br />His brutish light destroys our dreams, <br />And calls us to our duty, <br />To toil untill each mind, it seems, <br />Longs for dark night's beauty. <br /> <br />So to night's Lord, I pledge my pen, <br />In hopes he may alight, <br />Upon my heart, this lover's den, <br />And bathe us in moonlight.<br /><br />Alexander Steen Stewart<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-dual-kingdom/
