night – Carl Setzer: Word Shaper

A Rose At Night

sunlight has faded
roses bloom in the darkness 
remnants of summer

waking in darkness 
underneath the fullest moon 
delightful silence

underneath streetlights
remembering sidewalks past
journeys on concrete

into the night's sky
dreams drifting amongst the stars 
silent of the dark

sunlight has faded
streetlights shimmer in puddles
watching the cars pass

underneath the snow 
so much of life is asleep 
dreaming about spring

lying awake 
morning darkness 
and memories

the night's growth
expanding throughout the trees
into my dreams

within the stillness
rain flowing across the roof
bringing me to dreams

in the night’s calmness

I delight in the silence

stars in the spring sky