Morning Star/Evening Star

Morning Star/Evening Star - Dory Previn

When I was a child

You know how children are

I wanted to be

Like the morning star

Morning is so innocent

Trusting and fair

With mother love and angels

Reflected on your hair

Oh morning star

How warm you are

Let me be like you

As I grew up

The morning star

Faded into space

Then I saw the evening star

Standing in it's place

I tried to turn away

Terrified to find

Father love and demons

Entangled in my mind

But

Despite myself

I saw this other me

Oh evening star

How cold you are

It's you

I've come to be

But you see that

Once I thought them different

As the moon and sun

But now

But now I know the morning star

And the evening star

Are one

Mortal immortal

Icicle and flame

Feminine and masculine

And I

I am the same

So I hereby

Take myself

My soul doth take my heart

To honor love and cherish

Till death do us part

I will I will

Accept myself

With hope and

Fear and wonder

And what I have joined together

Let no one put asunder

Let no one put asunder