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Dark Night

By Alexandra Grant

Illustration by Yibeni Tungoe

A croaking frog romancing the dark

            amplified by night’s silence

                        singing notice me, find me, I’m worthy

Steady rains fell all evening

            washing away yesterday’s stains

                        each drop a salve of peace on weariness

Silence after a deep snow

            no movement, a peaceful stillness

                        a graveyard of ills and evils blanketed in purity

The moon’s endless pursuit of night’s expanse

            always pursuing the coquette daylight

                        as daylight chases after night

Time moves forward endlessly

            whispering its promises

                        another chance, a new beginning

Waking comes like a cunning thief

            stealing night’s armistice with chaos

                        returning us to the front lines of war

Ironic dichotomy, night versus day

            relinquishing  night’s rest in slumber

                        embracing daylight’s entropy

That night would consume the day

            quieting its loudness

                        to day being slept away

Darkness is not a fearful roar

            day’s constant fury screams loudest

                        night romances the soul with soothing whispers


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Posted On: September 7, 2026
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