Straight Through the Heart

Night falls fast after too much light of dreams collide
Showering the mind with particles of the vast
Until space is filled dense and dark where stars have died
Where once was promise is now unquiet rest

I watch you sleep and count your shallow breath’s refrain
But know I can not save you or make it right
One dream soars giddy and aloft the other with dull pain
I can but dimly illuminate the night

Standing guard against seduction’s passionate glance
The gravity of stars that will pull you from my grasp
I watch your galaxy’s spiraling dance
That leaves you earthbound and breathless at last

Straight through the heart the stardust piercing falls
Streams of light and darkness create expanding border
I long for your containment within my milky walls
But find instead your universe of disorder