Starlit Grief

I can see the sparkle in your eyes
begin to fade.
Like starlight dimmed within a blanket
of the moon's pale shade.
The glimmer left is not enough
to keep my hopes alive,
and when the last mote disappears,
I surely won't survive.

I dare not face this world without your light
to guide me through.
It's twisting, turning galaxies are nothing
without you.
For underneath your warm regard and love
I reached the sky.
So tenderly you nurtured all my dreams
and helped them fly.

I thought we had forever in my young
and naive heart.
You'd show to me the universe and
all its wondrous parts.
So I was lulled into the notion we could
take our time
Immortal in my ignorance and blinded
to the signs.

I missed the slow diminishment, the failing
of your glow.
Ignored the warnings of my heart,
I didn't want to know.
But now it's over, nothing left for me
to do or say.
Except to stand here helpless,
as the starlight fades away.