Starry Night on the Rhone

The sky above, the earth below
The city stirs, the river flows.
We walk at night that we may see
The stars and know we’re not alone,

That we may breathe a different air
And walk along a quiet shore,
Stand silent where the river laps
Up to our feet.

The earth is black, the sky is blue.
The river bends a mirrored view
Of city lights and stars familiar,
Heaven down and shore to shore.

We meet the night. We take the time
To be together, you and I,
Across the river, in between
The city and a giant sky.

We breathe the sky and feel the earth
And find our place beneath the stars,
Your arm in mine and mine in yours.
The night is ours.