The Flame Rises

Now the hour has come at last
The soft and fading light
Has crossed the west horizon
And has bidden us goodnight
And what a lovely night it is
To walk a moonlit field
To see the softer shades
That are by starlight now revealed

So why is it that now
When all is quiet and at rest
When candles glow and all the world
Is at its very best
The humans of the Green Planet
Should lock themselves away
To shun the dark and wait instead
For Guardians's sunny day?

Am I so wrong to wish that they
Would see things like I do?
And am I so wrong to think
That they might love me too?
Why shouldn't they adore me?
Is it not within my right?
I'll not be overshadowed
Mine is not the lesser light
I've waited long enough now
For them all to come around
And though the Hope may plead and threaten
The Flame will stand his ground

It comes to this at last:
I will no longer yield the sky
If they cannot love
But one dark flame alone
See, the Flame is rising
They has come to claim the heavens for their own

And all will know the wonder
Of my dark and jeweled sky
When all the world is wrapped
In an eternal lullaby
So say goodnight at this
The final setting of the sun
Tomorrow dawns in darkness
The fire has begun