Look up, my love.
The stars are dimmer now.
They’ve worked their shift all night,
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 see the night grow light
And watch the darkness fade away.
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 to be lived
While the dawn is young.