Twilight Sky


Time and I sit together
Sharing a sunset, one beat
Of life's heart, a bittersweet
Companionship at times...

For Time has seen my best
And been with me at my worst,
Has heard my pleas, unrehearsed,
Understood my changing moods...

And I, too, understand Time, its need
To mark the end of every day
When sun and moon cavort and play,
Teasing an almost silent twilight sky...

There is that one breath,
That one sigh we both await
Before Time claims nature's fate,
And then softly tiptoes away...

I wish we could spend them together
These last moments, these most cherished times
When day and night give us their best.
Blending near silence and twilight moods...
But I know there is that need
For Time to skip across the sky,
Gathering twilight's last lingering breath,
Before silently slipping away.

written in a form called Soliloquy

2011