Musings in the Velvet Dark

The dark sky has laid open
Its mystery to me.
Only i lack the means
to understand fully
Like a dark sheet
Of velveteen covering up
People's lives
Enclosing their secrets
People hunting privacy
In dark bedrooms
Lights coming on
Going off,
A glimpse of life's experiences.

The shadows of the night
Conceal a thousand yearnings
A thousand laments for
Some foetus-like wish
As yet unformed in its mother's womb.

impressions of a shooting star
Touches upon the retina.
Wish fast!
And hey! Your wish will come true.
But....
Like all uncompleted thoughts
All incomplete sentences
Leaving the imagination searching
How?
Where?
Why?
That star is a fallen angel
You cannot wish upon it.

So turn to the darkness all around us
Feel me beside you
Feel my love stand by you
Right here and now,
Together
While the night lurks in corners
Whispers in the breeze,
You and i are alone
This night too an expression
An extension of you and me.
Make it last
For it is but transient.
Dawn is its death.

---- madhumita routh 9/17/2014 transcribed