Night (c) 2003 David Roth
	Still The eerie darkness crept over the undaunted landscape As a thief in the night, onward it moved Blanketing the face of all it touched Determined Moving with a relentless persistence Creeping inch by resolute inch Over the face of the land Subtle Beginning as a soft, suggestive shadow Sensuous and inviting Seductive Absolute The dark of night arrived No vestige of day remained No trace of the light that once was Cacophonous The symphony of sound Music of the night Filling the senses with awe and wonder Brief The darkness recedes with the coming dawn Streams of golden hope on windswept amber clouds Vanquishing the night.