Change Shift….

Art by Sharonlee

Change Shift….

the day was spent-

- lingering in the shadows

for night to start it’s shift…

colors faded to musing shades

as light was leached

from the day…

…the world still turned & burned

changing shifts like changing light

night-workers greeted weary

9 to 5’s working overtime –

- wondering if this was it…

… the purpose of their

existence….

… traffic fumes and stop lights

staple daily fare…

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night meanders on…

… past empty café’s and all night dinners

franchised burger conglomerates

open 24 hours…

… reaching out to even the midnight melancholies…

… night turns a blind eye

to events unfolding

in darkened ally and frigid park bench…

… Father Moon illuminates flashes

of blade…or  tears…. or humping rump

…. rose-red blood or crystal tear

or moonlight exposing  bare white skin…

ahh… night, he hides a multitude of sins…

a spent and hollow night

met dawn at the end

of a shadowed lane…

in silence they passed each other

as morning rain

misted…soft & fine

… right or wrong

life goes on

until the end of time……..

…. let the thoughts drift

- change shift….

Sharonlee©13-Mar-12