The Cycle
~ djl

Growing navy backing
Darker clouds of gray
Cool breeze that flows over
That, too, will fade

Nocturnal beasts' vocals
Meet afternoon delight
Screeches of the children
Screeches of the night

So hard to be happy
When the sun burns your eyes
When the moon's overhead
And the world below lies

But this time in between
With the scent of fresh grass
And the clear skies above
Your troubles can pass

*** 

Midnight sky watch over
Chilling full moon, its eye
A lone soul, here I sit
Four hours passed by

The bell tolls for me now
Screaming to grip my mind
Lurking in the shadows
It I must go find

Yet sense, to me, returns
Dropping like cold moonlight
Sends me reality
Like the crow's earthward flight

Peaceful and serene here
Then tense and then aware
The wide eye of conscious
This, I cannot share

*** 

Dull light of distant sun
Ready to show its grace
Sky begins to brighten
No more dark face

World starts to move again
Human world returning
World of beasts dissipates
Final nature sing

Now today starts anew
Possibilities shine
As the light, soon to rise
This new day, I find



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