Of the Night

I want to grab that last fleeting light
When the red intoxicating sun
Sinks into oblivion,
Into the night
In one soft moment
I see and fear
The light that is so present and so near
Disappears into the dread of night
The blackness of my own twilight
I reach out to grab the tones between,
The softness of twilight when I’m not alone
And all too sudden and much too soon
That magic moment turns into gloom
I used to be a child there of the night
Afraid of the daylight
Afraid of the light
I sought the night and what it gave
Its dulcid tones I seemed to crave
As time passed I waited for the sun
Its warming glow
So I was not alone