Black Velvet Poem by Barry Middleton

I close my eyes to black velvet
there is no star in sight

but still my soul spins a dream
for this is only night

this is not the endless void
that beckons me in death

there are some things I cannot know
as long as there is breath

and once I find that silent rest
there'll be no poetry

or none that I may send your way
from my infinity

so read these lines but trust I find
one star to light my way

or listen to the wind at night
where my cold ashes stray