Until dawn

Until dawn

Look up, my love.

The stars are dimmer now.

They’ve done their work

And soon the restless sun

Will rise behind those hills

That trace a vague dark line across the sky.

The wine was finished long ago.

We have danced and sung

Till dawn has come  

On cue to take her turn,

Her moment of the day.

So now lie quietly

And watch the night grow light

And the darkness disappear.

Now it is our turn,

Our time to be

Alive and breathing the night air

From dusk to dawn.

Later there will come a time

For early sleep and waking with the sun.

Later there will come a time

To fill each day with work well done.

But now breathe in the night.

Breathe in the quiet to the full.

We have danced and we have sung

And every second in this growing light

Is a second well employed

While we are young.