Within Twilight Poem by Mari Martin

As night awakens
in the evening sky
I watch the tendrils of scarlet dreams
lift the twilight high.

Shadow and light meet
to dance their dance
as colors transpose to black and white
at a blissful moment of happenstance.

Into the darkened sky
do shadows melt
like chocolate blending to liquid flow
a changing time so rarely felt.

Yet, here
in this blissful moment of time
when day succumbs to night's romance
Love is never so defined.

It begins
with the brightness of the sun
as it rises above the horizon's line
a miracle never to be undone.

It lives, breathes and grows
in daylight play
with laughter and discovery it's toys,
keeping illusion at bay.

Dreams and memory
drift in the breeze
playing in the tree of our lives
where all our thoughts agree.

In afternoon's lingering embraces
we are
captured, held suspended by joy
knowing night is never far.

Now, as I contemplate
in the darkness here
where Love is an enchanting star
my heart will know no fear.

For now,
just as day fades into night
at the fleeting moments of in between
does this Love feel so right.

Laying in the arms
of night's beguiling caress
I enfold my heart within it
and to it's power acquiesce.