Night and Day
\nby cricketjeff on June 13, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\ni)<\/p>\n
The clouds that hid the stars have rolled away,
\nOne thousand gems shine from a velvet bed.
\nThe jewellery that’s hidden by the day
\nNow decorates the canvas overhead.<\/p>\n
A gentle breeze disturbs my garden’s flowers
\nBut nothing else is moving I can see.
\nThe world has been asleep for several hours,
\nThe only one alive here could be me.<\/p>\n
My friends in other lands are wide awake,
\nI send my love to them before they sleep.
\nThe magic of the silence must not break
\nThe calm around me now is rich and deep.<\/p>\n
Goodnight to all the world beneath the stars
\nTake time to mend the hurts and heal the scars.<\/p>\n
ii)<\/p>\n
The stars that ruled the night are put away,
\nThe brilliance of the Sun sends them to bed.
\nA tranquil blue bedecks a summer’s day,
\nA pristine canvas stretches overhead.<\/p>\n
The birds and bees are flitting through the flowers
\nThere is no other scene I’d wish to see.
\nThe hunt for food will fill their daytime hours,
\nTheir beauty will be there for you and me.<\/p>\n
On such a day I’m glad to be awake
\nWhile friends abroad aren’t troubled in their sleep.
\nThe magic of each season cannot break,
\nThe truths of life whose anchors are so deep.<\/p>\n
If underneath the Sun or diamond stars,
\nThe world deserves the time to heal its scars.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nThe wren that sits right there on the branch outside my window to sing before
\ndaybreak each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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