The Good Night

            Good night, dear one,
            radiating with all the love
            stored up for years
            before you were even born—
            you were known,
            in all your facets
            shining,
            in every glimmer
            of your eyes,
            uncountable
            as the stars in Heaven,
            whose light lives
            within you,
            so that even in this dark,
            you carry the light
            into the good night,
            dear one,
            good night.