It's dark all day and it's dark all night
The sun comes around but the clouds hide the light
The world feels small but the sky seems huge, pressing down on the earth with its colourless hues.
Mist, like a veil, is dropped and then lifted
Shadows unstable, reality shifted
Seamlessly, day seems to slip into night
Familiar images stolen from sight
The stars remain absent, the moon is obscured
The sunrise awaited, its promise assured
The owl and the fox fail to visit tonight, leaving just silence, a deafening quiet
Trees stand like giants, unmoving yet bold
Without fur or feather, their story untold
A chill in the air, a traitorous tryst
As their leaves fall to ground, and lie there dew-kissed
At dawn, the birdsong is muted and low
The blackbird and sparrow don't put on their show
Daylight unfolds as a cold, milky gloom
And lamplight is needed in every room
Dawn becomes morning, becomes afternoon,
The fire is lit and the coals warm the room
Maybe tomorrow the light will return
Until then, the bitter outdoors I will spurn
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