-- All Night Long --

John Herlihy

All night long in the darkness unlit,

Dim stars shine forth as candles lit.

As quiet wind whispers thru leaves,

Breaking silence as darkness grieves.

Poor darkness: How it misses the day,

Even shadows end up losing the way.

Most lonely arrives the midnight hour,

Nothing to see from this ghostly tower.

Then, shyly, the moon specter has risen,

With borrowed light seen thru a prism.

To remind the night of its friend the day,

On the bright side of earth, on its way.

All night long in the darkness unlit,

Dim stars on its velvety cushion sit.

Lost and forlorn til the day returns.

All night long its dark heart yearns.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Wednesday 2 June 2021