Change, My Sweet Friend

As all the world reaches daily end

And turns away from the blue

I linger on for a faithful friend

Who shines before the gloom

I only see them through the glass

Of a home I have learned to love

And all the while I cannot pass

On the lessons therein above

Yes, the pink and purple majesty

Strikes at heather in my heart

And lights a fire endlessly

That I carry through the dark

In the defiant scene of golden glow

It cannot be denied

That we are watching the greatest show

That Netflix can't provide

I ask you all to step away

From black corners and black screens

And take a chance to with me lay

On the ever-present dream

The sky is not a battlefield

Of darkness over light

But rather a miraculous sphere

Of love dancing with fright

For in the rising of the eve

There is a dying away

Of all the selves that we must leave

Who lead us through the fray

And then we're left with all we are

That we try to put to sleep

Only to recall in dreamscapes far

We are not who we seem

The setting sun is a daily trance

In the process we all face

The transmutation of parlance

To one of kindness and grace

The planet moves and oh, it shakes

To see us all at play

But it is we who are left to make

The fate of every day

Would I have known this truly

Had I not pondered on the paint

That strokes each moment differently

At a quarter past eight?

Perhaps it would have come to me

With time and passing pains

But now that I see the revelry

I will come back again and again

Something so small, now so grand

Looks for you each way

Hoping that you'll understand

The message in sky's sway

You cannot simply ignore the call

Of the delicious drive for change

It will find you, one and all

By midnight or mid-age

Now the hour is falling late

And my friend will be back soon

And we will smile as we wait

For our dear one, the moon

I welcome them with open arms

Forces that will always be

And recognize there is no harm

In letting all lies cease

How deeply I feel they clear the way

For happiness, harmony, and peace