Scattered moonbeams
Star crusted light
Shiny dust
Of the endless night
Misty clouds descend the sky
I dare not ask the question why
He could not be here on this night
I cry
This night of pride, of ebony
Of comets and planets
Gazing down on me
He could not hold me on this night
He could not pull me
Toward the light
The clock strikes twelve
And now I dwell
Beneath your heavens
And above my hell
The vast space of darkness
Swims around the moonlight
The subtle sprays of ocean
And the scattering flecks of white
I wonder what the reason was
He could not sit with me tonight
Won’t know why he could not come
And make my wrongs alright.