Day and Night

Mid-day sun blazes through my windows

And my eye-lids, as I lift ‘em slow,

Shaking myself from some drawn out dream;

I’m awake, I’m alive, time to put on a show!

Wear you best smile, yes sir!

Look like you’re fine, yes sir!

Make your eyes shine, yes sir!

Pull up your spine, yes sir!

Stay within your line, yes sir!

Off I go, like a newly freed bubble,

Dancing, sparkling my way through;

‘Let me help you ma’am , ah no trouble’

Pleasantly helping a person or two.

And I float along so blissfully ahead:

They say I look like I’m in love with each breath

That I take and each heartbeat that breaks

Into a melody of thumps that say I’m not dead.

I momentarily feel like the sun will never set,

And I’ve tasted the warmth of eternity on my lips;

But as yellow and orange turn into purple and pink

All my happiness, all my hope, my light, it slips.

I laugh, I smile, I love and I kiss

Life, with all the might I try

To live another day the best I can,

Because often at night, at night I die.