It's a long way to twilight With the day refusing to die. The fiercely beating sun digging his heels in, Dogged in retreat; The stars and the moon bashfully hidden Behind the veil of his blazing glare.
The sky cloudless, no impediment To the spears of his incandescent beams; The road, barren, tree-less. Only the shrubbery of razor-sharp pebbles underfoot, Kin to the cacti Without even the saving grace Of their greenness.
It's a long way to twilight And the day refuses to die...