The shadows stretch across the pine
The forest drinks the silver wine
Of a moon that’s climbing high and cold
Until the secret starts to unfold
A flash of silk, a spark of white
A ghost born from the throat of night
With skin like pearls and ancient grace
The starlight etched upon her face
Oh, Starlight Woman, Shepherd of the Lost
Guiding the weary at a high cost
With crimson hair like a rising sun
And sapphire eyes when the day is done
Surrounded by a flickering cloud
In a diamond dress, she wears proudly
Fluorescent wings that light the way
Before the stars all fade to gray
The traveler stood with trembling hands
A stranger in these haunted lands
Lost in panic, drowned in fear
Until the humming met his ear
She didn't speak, she took his palm
A gentle touch, a holy calm
Beneath her brow of crimson fire
She lifted him from the bramble and briar
"Forgive my soul," the wanderer cried
"For the things I feared and the truths I lied."
She bowed her head, a silent grace
Accepting the lines on a human face
But the hour is thin, the light must wane
She cannot stay in the world of pain
The starlit hour begins to close
She’s fading like a winter rose
Into a soft and auroral rest
The light is leaving her quiet chest
One last flutter of a butterfly wing
To the hollow trees, the spirits cling
She’s gone like mist in a silver gale
Leaving behind a shimmering trail
The forest mourns in the velvet deep
While the Starlight Woman goes to sleep
But the butterflies... they linger still
Dancing on the lonely hill