Til Dawn
Have you ever lounged outside
At the setting of the sun?
Only to see as one light goes out
More begin?
For the lightning bug arrives
With its electric beam
Bobbing up and down
On the grass
But not just one
For the community of light breaks forth
To dance in parabolic hue
The dance til dawn
For as one light goes out
Another emerges in hope
Anticipating the dawn but
Not knowing its arrival
Yet it dances before the moon
Dances in the shadows
Letting forth its light
Before men
And so does the church
After the sun had set
Anticipating the return of the
Dawn of Day