She is dark

How dark is she?

Well, she has dark eyes

and even more dark under her eyes

where the skin turns a purple

into in-wanting palettes of grey

We say those colors are the evening

before the night

when it truly does get dark

Because we thought she was beautiful

but if you look deeply back at her

then you'll see

there are no more lights in the sky

of her widening iris

that aren't dead

but each a ghost

Because she is dark

she has those dark eyes

and is living in dark perceptions

where the death of a star is just

a waiting disillusion of a lie well told

before the night