Twilight

"All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not."
- Howard Thurman

Rays of sunshine spill from a broken train of thought,
like a balloon exploding and letting out a rainbow;

Smile, laugh! (can't you feel it waiting to burst?)

dance in the light, do not wallow in the shadows it creates!

there is more to life than floating in the clouds...and more to death than lying in the ground.

dark needles tear the serenity of night,
like a smile broken by the sight of fear;

Frown, cry! (can't you feel it waiting to burst?)

fall down into the darkness, do not try and stand on a baseless nothing!

there is less to death than what you glorify...and less to life than what you want...

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Soft light spills from a darkly turned sky
shedding both blackness and fluorescent yellow
onto a waiting world,

somehow,

bereft of both.