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Night after Day

Submitted by DTW1990 on April 22, 2008 - 18:13.

Night after Day

By Daniel Wyman
Montpelier High School, Grade 12

Let the sun set on this final day.
The day we all wait for.
But don’t let me know, as the sun descends
Don’t let me know I won’t see it again.

Just stare at the black; the giants and dwarves
In dazzling supernovas, all suns will set
And everything known comes crashing down
And the air halts its flow, so particles hold still.
Dust balls become comets until the burnout
Of most brilliant colors

And what color will there be when black does not exist?
I will wonder as the sun sets.
Just don’t let me know.

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