avenger of light

when all of the days
become the last day

it is night
the light exposes
the night refrains

the darkness looms
an avenger
to disguise the day's worries

with stars
moonlight
a swing on the old, solid,
wide-plank porch
overlooking the glow
from the stream

of the moon's reflection
of what was once the day
and now is the last day

that worry is heard

because night
the avenger
has allowed us
to remember

night is magic
summer is love
the dark is really
an avenger of light