Twilight Sojourns

Days weave together

as night tears at the seams

Light as it vanishes

deserting my dreams

The sun making promises

darkness reneges 

The truth stays an orphan

that both will misgive

The rooster to signal

that devil’s retreat

Hope spawning a sunrise

where wishes beseech

All joy upon waking

released from the pall

The clock now a weapon

that hangs on the wall

In mutual exclusion

our psyches must live

A damned symbiosis

all take and no give

But hands will fall southward

the shadows reborn 

This daydream a nightmare

—as twilight sojourns  

(Bryn Mawr College: April, 2023)