Parting

The sun broke into a dimpled smile,
The trees whispered in open delight,
The river burst into throaty laughter
'Coz you said you'd sit with me awhile.

The clouds frollicked across the sky,
The flowers waltzed in the lazy breeze,
The stars tumbled riotously from above
'Coz you just wouldn't say goodbye.

The birds sang ceaselessly into the night
And ten million stars lit up our fairy world,
As moonlight played its magic melody,
We lay wordlessly, holding each other tight.

Now the stars have dimmed, the music is gone,
The river is silent, the flowers wilted,
The magic wand has snapped, the melody dead
As light years apart, we wait for a bleak new dawn.