I Watch the Evening Falling Down

I watch the evening 
falling down 
as daylight disappears 
and darkness sounds 
like cotton wads 
stuffed into my ears
 
The dogs are quiet 
the orange cat rests 
I’m sure the mice 
are out to play 
the owl in the barn 
is tending its nest 
while carefully 
eyeing its latest prey
 
And I think of how 
we once made love 
on this porch 
in the middle of the day 
and how we laughed 
at such a thing 
and what the neighbors 
might say 
but luckily they never knew 
just how we loved 
when I loved you 
 
How many nights 
did we spend here, 
perfecting love 
in endless ways? 
Those countless nights 
we disappeared
twin flames erupting 
in a brilliant blaze

Time marked those days 
with a simple grace 
and it seemed we loved 
from dusk till dawn 
and even now 
I can see your face
lit by fireflies 
as you cross the lawn 
but the face 
is just a memory 
and I talk to myself alone 
while heaven’s stars 
watch over you 
beneath a marker 
made of stone.