• Starry night
    Palace lights
    Lit aglow
    Here comes the show.
    Little carriages, pulled by horses of white
    Come into view, what a glorious flight!
    Skimming the ground on wooden wheels
    Dust kicked up by cloven heels
    Draw up to the party on this wonderful night
    The full moon glowing high and bright
    Out steps the gentleman, holding out his hand,
    Coat hemmed in gold, he’s dressed so grand!
    Next it the lady, who radiates with power,
    Her skirts embroidered with beautiful flowers.
    Together they step through the vaulted doors
    Across the polished floor, they seemed to soar
    Feet waltz and twirl in careful time
    The pair just like a couplet rhyme
    Faceless others join with them, a colorful parade
    Here at this glorious masquerade



    Starry night,
    City lights,
    The town sleeps,
    Lone souls weep.
    But I lay awake
    And for good times sake
    Open my childhood trunks
    Pink and blue silks that have shrunk.
    I pull on a gold feathered mask ,
    go outside on the backyard grass,
    let my feet slip across the dew,
    feeling just like marble floors polished new.
    my skirt from the secondhand store I found
    twirls and twists just like a ball gown,
    The wind chimes my music in three-four time
    The words I sing don’t seem to rhyme.
    Spinning and waltzing, a one-girl parade,
    In my own glorious masquerade.



    Starry night
    Stars are bright
    As I dance beneath the sky tonight
    The moon my own spotlight
    Words do not need be a couplet rhyme
    For us to be jocund and sublime
    For my love, you’re the prince portrayed
    In my beautiful masquerade