Twilight has faded.
No warmth from the sun.
Children’s voices are silenced
As pajamas are donned.

The night is calm.
The fountain trickles nearby.
The crickets must be asleep.
I let out a small sigh.

Even the dogs are silent
As there is no moon.
The stars are quite distant.
The hazy sky fills with gloom.

City lights in the distance
Grow dimmer with time.
I feel isolated, alone.
My dreams do not shine.

Here, in my backyard,
It feels unfriendly somehow.
Does the cold make me shiver?
The night seems darker now.

Why have things changed?
I can’t renew in this place.
I must go back to bed and
Wipe the tears from my face.

Perhaps another night
I can begin again.
My stars will return
When my dreams I’ve regained.