A Prayer

Sometimes the brightness of the moon and stars
lets you know how truly dark the world can be
For one bright star I saw
beamed full of brightness, beauty and amazement
as I looked from a distance
the star lit up everything around it
but for one admirer he loved the star too much
or rather didn't love himself enough
to let this precious star
shine on into new dimensions
no, this admirer's world was so dark
that he couldn't go on without it's brightness
for this star was the only one that lit up his sky
feeling neglect from this star's fading light
he tried to take the star's light away
before the sunrise of the new day
he mightily tried to cease the star's light
his greed and despair once again left him
in the dark...but this time forever
though the star's light was distant
when the new day came, the son cried
it's own light dampened by the dreariness of darkness
the sun patiently awaits daybreak
to hope to see that star shine again