Good Morning, Night


by Peter Gallaher

Good morning, Night,

Does all go well?

We dream inconsequential dreams.

You stand silent watch.

Stars slip by, the ghosts of gods

Great men, monsters in the sky

Colors, fallen away to places

Shadow cannot cover,

Create brilliance in symphonies

Of gravity light and heat.

In silence without and within

You slip, gone so soon

Ignored so often

Content to leave us to ourselves.

I greet you and wish you'd stay

Perhaps within me please

And help me to make it

Through the long, long day.

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