When Truth Became Stone

Was this the night’s end
In the unlit halls of our dreams
Beneath the sputtering of the moon
The stars falling like dust
At the bleeding feet of the sun
Alone and lost
On this narrow bier
In these wheels of flame
Nobody but us
Witness to a barrier finally crossed
When the truth became stone
Nailed to a rough hewn plank
A granite covenant
Now in the summer grass