dawn without a sunrise

Erica
the fright you gave us
in the middle of the night! 
your absence 
like a dawn without a sunrise

from behind a pilar
half an hour later 
your apologizing smile 
fills up the hall, the sky 
with our joyful sigh 

happy as we are, destiny
plays tricks not tragedy
on those who are shy

and Erica scratches sunshine
into the same Irish sky
we knew so cloudy