New Moon
By Tom Stanley



Stars twinkle in the night,
A harbinger of coming light. 
Dreams fade into the dawn,
Slowly erased until gone. 
I remember times long ago,
When clearly life did not show. 
Its twisted visage, an offering,
Burnt in reverence to ashen thing. 
A new moon risen in the sky,
Darkly shining ever so high. 
A beast of burden never born,
Yet to which we all mourn. 
So as day comes with lightened shade,
It fades again in darkened grade. 

Tom Stanley