Evening Star

Framed by my window
your quiet brilliance,
O, lone star,
glow upon my bed.

You are my crowned jewel
in the deep night,
a spark
of a diamond, outshining

all the billions of starlight.
You wake within me
the queen
star of dawn, the first light

before the sun. You
are the most beautiful of all:
night fades,
but not you, O Venus.

// 06 Jun 2021