The Length of Daylight

brightness

slowly

painfully

treaded onto
the darkness

the comfort
night brought

slipped
away

as easily
as
it
went

the sun
rose

true to
nothing
but
itself

taking
the
mystery
out
of
things

and we
tried
to
hide
ourselves

but it
crept

the
brilliance

of cruel
reality

leaving
us
with nothing
but

a dream
that faded
with
the glow
of
the
moon

made
when

fingers
shook
as they crossed
over
two
different
souls

wishing

that
the length
of
daylight

would
never

ever

reach
us
too.