'To Night'

Written on 12-16-09

The sun has gone

The moon is here

Stars are shining

As the lights shimmer on the Earth

Lights from the homes have dimmed

As the moon and stars grow

One by one they twinkle

And bring, in the smallest amounts, joy.

Many think of the night as darkness

But few think of it as light

The moon, the stars, a slight mist, a shadow

The night is amazing and not a fright

In places there are fireflies

As they dance

Drifting in the air

As most go to sleep

Few clouds in the sky

Moved by the might’s soft wind

They fly away

And the starts are seen again

Darkness and partial silence

Is not a bad thing

For day is to night as night is to day

The sun’s light is still there

As it heated our hearts in the day

To be relaxed at night

The darkness is never truly dark

The moon and stars will shine the way

To guide the blinded eye

To show the beauty and not the fright

To the night; and to the moon, and the stars

It can and will be noticed

It will be remembered: ‘It shall never die’

And will fly for all eternity

Cold at winter

Warm at summer and spring

And the cooling heat of the fall

Night has many shapes and forms; it’s still all the same

It has come to stay, yet it must go

For the sun has come again: ‘The darkness has gone’

Another day to go

Then the sun will set, and yet again, the moon will rise

And then another night will live

Until the sun will rise again