Over The Bamboo Fence

We looked at each other Over the bamboo fence As the east wind shook The trees to get hold Of the full moon trapped between their trunks Like a recalcitrant boy Playing with his toys Two hours yet to go Before the sun rose Your eyes then shone like stars And I stood watching them Across the fence Uttered not we a word But yet said all that there was to be said Thank you for that memory, dear Every time the trees capture the moon In their swaying hold I see your smiling face And the stars shining in your eyes No matter where you are now Dead or alive Oh, do lovers ever die?