The night slides in slowly
The sun sinks gently
Behind country trees
And a hidden horizon.
Bird songs quiet
The crickets’ chirping
Partners the stillness
Of the emerging dark
Fireflies dance
A mysterious code flashing
Tiny flames from
An invisible quantum void
The nightfall hides visible space
But reveals the world’s extension
In sounds, each marked
With its own sense of distance.

Here we sit in the transition of time
With our own breath hushed
Our own inner silence
Reminding us
Of states that change
And states that abide
That between the light and the dark
Between breathing out
And breathing in
Lies a singularity
A moment of deep stillness
Easily missed
If time is not taken
To watch carefully as
The night slowly slides in.