Let Me Watch the Sun Go Down

Let Me Watch The Sun Go Down Let me watch the sun go down The end of a life giving day The flowers tightly curl Hiding their beauty until the light returns Breezes slow and fade into stillness The scents of the day drops onto the moist ground Animals crawl into their lairs Do they dreams of open fields? Or do they watch the darkness Eyes straining into nothingness Looking for the moment of their deaths Their babies cuddle beneath a dense thicket Clinging close to their mother Waiting, hoping for the morning’s light Let me watch the sun go down Watch its beauty as blue turns into gold and lastly black Night comes and the world finally sleeps And still I watch