Night falls like lonely eyes closing leaving sunlight behind stars move silent before a deluge comes from a storm brewing as the fragrance from a broken rose has spilled upon the cloak of time and a shattered soul waits for despair's arrival carried on the chilled winds of newborn pain devouring the last vestige of memories that died in the tear-stained palms of love When a heart's petals wilted from betrayal and fell upon the cold, cold ground tumbling away into the emptiness of shadows that merge with the night's blackness as rain falls from the deepening sadness of closed eyes 4/18/20