Saturday, June 22, 2019

Saving Daylight / C.M. Davidson-Pickett


Saving Daylight

Suppose for a moment you live in a land,
Amazed at what happens during summer solstice.
Very strange things begin to occur,
Instantly, there is little darkness,
Night that we are so used to
Gone; what is left are the brilliant colors.

Daylight from dusk to dawn to dusk again,
Alight in all its energy and brightness.
Yes, we are north of the sixtieth parallel;
Land of the midnight sun.
I have been here before and seen things,
Gazed upon the horizon, waiting for darkness to reappear,
Holding on to summer in all its life, love and beauty;
To see it ebb once more as daylight fades to night.

~~
C.M. Davidson-Pickett, 2015

[All rights reserved - used with permission]

Daniel Case, Midnight sun over spruce trees, Inuvik, NT, 2015. 
Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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