Dusk

Slow slides the light,
Growing dusk rising,
Clouds fringed red,
Draining colour,
In pale moonrise gliding,
Through skeletal trees,
Night whispers hush,
Silence blossoms in cool air,
Dusk gathers shadows,
Reluctant embers of day,
Glitter holding back,
Star strewn velvet,
Pause, slowly breathe,
Dusk will not wait,
Notice and rejoice,
Take time to stand,
At closing of the day.