I thought I had closed my eyes
For but I moment
In just that short a time
The night had fallen
Like a bird shot from the sky
The moon had crawled
Into place with the stars
And the sun ducked
Beneath the shy horizon
I waited.
With baited breath
The rooster would not crow
For many hours yet
And what does one
Twixt sunset
And sun birth
I called to the stars
And they winked back at me
Sang to the moon
Yet she howled back
Calling into the night
Every secret the night knows
And that was when i shut my eyes
Tight enough to block out the world
And long enough for the sun
To peek from the skyline
And they moon to carry
The next night over the edge