Tuesday to Wednesday.

Shadowy night.
Flames writhe and bow to the stars
The water beats upon the shore
Stirring up detritus
Old rivalries
Old emotions, too.
A star crosses another
Flitting across the sky
Before fading back into black

I've grown crueler in your presence.

Softly, in the night
The sands of time spread across the sheets.
An embrace became a betrayal,
The betrayed sought to become deaf to the world.[/times]