Darkness And Day

• Natalie Pierson, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2011

Darkness runs softly on velvet feet, filling the waiting sky, covering the earth with an inky blackness.
The stars come out to play and the sun withdraws from its mighty throne in the sky.
The moon emits a faint glow, a gentle beam of light.
But the night grows weary of its majestic power and slowly fades away like dying coal, inviting the sun to reign once more.
The sun shows its gratefulness by creating a breathtaking sight – an exhibition of its beauty and creativity.
The canvas stretched as wide as the sky, the sun begins to paint. The lilac sky, rusty dawn, amber light, silky clouds, dew glistening like jewels, painted in timeless wonder.
A new day is born.
This day brings rebirth, death, happiness, despair, joy.