Night Dawns

Night dawns He sat The folding plastic chair creaked Fading sunlight turned bronze He noticed The sun slide slowly towards the horizon Drifting in the dark blue sky Flocks of Geese floating V’s waving goodbye He shivered A cloud momentarily blocking the sun As Orange and brown leaves fall silently to the ground He watched Waves of blue and green sparkle a million ways Tiny and warm, lapping the shore He felt Smooth golden sand , warm and dry Gleam white ,Under the feet The wind tug gently as it passes by He wrote As swimsuits , bikinis and bare feet strolled merrily by And Colored umbrellas reflected the sky While Swallows soar and dive He heard The sun hiss into waters clean and clear Butterflies dance in the sky Darkness land softly on tiptoes and feet Daylight sleep and night fall He sat As the stars twinkle on a bed of black velvet lace And slept , peaceful and deep While the cycle renewed