Sunlight

Last night, the doors of dark entrapped me Oh, capricious sunlight!…. His naps exceed his wiles Deliberately he comes and goes Leaving me bereft, and sobered to his moods I batter hard against the night until my knuckles bleed But I can not summon the sun to hurry up another day He takes his time, as if it is all a game This is the wait, …between the antics of his display Last evening he made his great departure, With amber clouds to frame his face Without a pause, ignoring once again the earth’s applause and admiring eyes In one blink of an eye…we watched him leave Wearing red shoes, and colorful hat woven through with gold He gets lost below the curved rim of the world And when the curtain is closed, we hear a sigh behind the hills And all is still, Companioned by a dark serenity And I must welcome darkness as my friend