Where Love Must Sleep

I touched your hand where twilight kissed the day, And felt a world begin with just one glance. Yet even stars must bow and drift away, Though hearts still ache for one more stolen dance. No fault in you, nor faltering in grace- It’s I who walk where love must learn to sleep. A vow unbreathed has claimed my secret place, Where longing burns but silence buries deep. You’ll hear no knock, no whisper in your name, No shadow cast to stir your gentle skies. What might have been, I leave without a flame- Just quiet winds and softly closed goodbyes. Be bright, beloved, where your mornings rise. Farewell, my dream - no more shall I reprise.