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Starting with an expression and letting it run - chasing daylight

We are losing daylight 
Carry on, carry on
I've not yet chosen
Whether darkness
Lightens my load
Conversations 
Float on air
Perhaps me to me
There is no right
Nor wrong 
When you expertly debate
I'm on both sides
To defend and condemn 
Myself 
In this situation 
Of loss of daylight
There's an urgency
That means I'm stranded
I need to choose the spot
Where I'll stop
Perhaps it's aging
Maybe wisdom
But I recognise something
In the half light
I've never assessed it all
Just made snap decisions
Valued forward travel
With daylight lost
I'll see what here looks like
Spend time a moment 
With myself
Gauge tolerances
There may be more daylight 
But it's not the worst thing
To feel your way forward
Or to stand still
Day light, day/night
Did I mishear 
The concept of invention 
A belief there is an invert of night
The Earth rattles sometimes 
Almost, almost shook me loose
Almost is never
Because almost never tips
It's the non buttered side
The invert of morning
The presence and absence of toast
I almost explained it
In the never sense
Of chasing daylight

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