Day &Night ... Night & Day

Day is gone & night breaks through.
The sky is no longer bright &; blue.
Darkness for miles is all I see.
The millions of stars dance for me.
The moon casts a shadow upon the earth.
Night creatures are given new birth.

Crickets chirp &; sing us to sleep.
A frog croaks preparing for his leap.
Fireflies float in the air like magic.
Night passes so quick.
As if from nowhere, night has passed.
Day dawns delicately at last.

-April 30, 2001