Dusk Turns Night
A free verse
As the day wears off
And brightness dims
The afternoon slowly fades
And the sun journeys on
To provide light to other realms
Dusk settles and night approaches
The night musicians cue in
Tuning their evening song
Crickets and frogs, fireflies and toads
Prepare their songs to accompany the night
The clouds clear a path
As the moon reveals itself
At first, a white arc or semi-circle
Obscured by cloud cover
Then a blazing fiery white ball
Quitely, night creeps in
The moon at first blending in with the coming night
Then breaking forth from the parting clouds
As if melting them away
To make way for a cloudless sky
Where a lone star shines bright
The day’s hustle and bustle wanes
Humanity makes its way home
Hopeful for peace and a restful night
Before the day breaks
And the rat race begins again
