Encroaching darkness

Day slipping away

Mystery returns

Sunset turning gray

 

Ocean’s darkened shore

Tide rolling away

Ship pilots alone

Jagged rocky bay

 

Forest’s darkened sounds

Nature dreams away

Each scary echo

Owl’s nightly buffet

 

Time waits in darkness

Future turns away

Hourglass still broken

Quiet on Broadway

 

Street corner’s darkness

Music plays away

Opera’s phantom

Night’s eerie screenplay

 

Ship sails darkened seas

Wind turns peace away

Distress now gathers

Storm’s narrow causeway

 

Darkened stories speak

Silence rides away

Headless horseman roams

Midnight’s getaway

 

Shadows of darkness

Now turning away

Destiny unknown

Sunrise marks new day