night sky

"Oracle sur Managua: Hommage a Ernesto Cardenal," by Armando Morales

Walking into the fog
the night sky surrendered
itself,
and the stars.

Animal instinct
paired
with uneven lust
dreams of tomorrow
and the meandering
path of civilisation
withdraws into the souls
of lost children
who loved in pain
and were pained
by happiness
when it was presented to them
wrapped in silver paper,
borrowed from the stars,
when the night
sky surrendered.