Night Walker

 

Evening says to night:

“Are you always this beautiful under your clothes?”

Night says to the moon:

“All day I dreamed of you but I couldn’t bring myself to call.”

The moon says to sleep:

“There are doorways in the dark.”

Sleep says to dawn:

“As if forward were the only direction!”

 

Dawn says to early morning sun:

“Sing sung sun”

Morning says to noon:

“Trees also do research.”

Noon says to early afternoon:

“Builders and dreamers need to listen to each other.”

Early afternoon says to late afternoon:

“I am becoming possible.”

Late afternoon says to the setting sun:

“Tell me about the texture of fire.”

The sunset says to the twilight:

“In a circle there is no beginning or end.”

 

Twilight to the first star says:

“Thank you for your light.”

First star to evening:

“Thank you for your dark.”

 

- J. Ruth Gendler

Changing Light