Dusk to Dawn


Here it comes again
It happens every day
This is how it all ends
And begins again
Long happy sunshine shadows
Erased by twilight’s dusky curtain
Corals bleed into blue grey shadows
That streak across an endless
Pearl grey sky
Vermillion blends against a granite backdrop
That darkens by the minute
And twinkling pinpoints of light
Erupt overhead
Silvery dots shimmer
Across the onyx blanket
Keeping the empty sky company
Until the pre-dawn eastern glow
Announces morning’s arrival
Its scarlet orb of light slowly peeks
Along the horizon’s edge
Scattering rays of brilliance between
The bloated hovering clouds
The glorious warmth
Evaporates dewdrops from
Magnolias and sabal palms
While beckoning sleep-filled eyes
Arise to love another day