Nightfall

Twilight gleams as its last, satiating stream falls Malingering shadows cast their tepid tent over the sun's fiery cauls Shadows recede; an eerie awning o'er earth's tenants slowly crawls Darkness's bleary shroud o'er earth's canopy sprawls Jaded sojourners scurry to their lighted halls; ballasted by their plastered walls   Nocturnal creatures emerge, echoing their long, doleful calls The moon's, silver silhouette over the listless expanse sprawls Its magnetic beams do fawning opposites attract; alternately, o'er vixen minds duplicity scrawls Twinkling flood lights stream mystical portents; causing the wandering eye to pause In the outer limits, each dilated orb in its own purview of the milky strand trawls   Distilled vapors disburse; earth's canopy enthralls Frothy dew strokes the svelte canvas then wantonly withdraws A blighting chill hovers over the stillness; fertile growth forestalls