Forever Midnight

It slips between interlocked fingers,

as grains of sand from within an hourglass.

It is as elusive as the air we breath,

as might a shadow elude our pervasive touch.

As might the wind call to the trees,

we hail pinpricks of light to grant to us wishes.

We shan't distinguish but contours,

of dancing figures within the darkness; spinning.

It is a deranged heat, a cantankerous fury,

to devour us; mighty maws of an invisible beast.

Divulge within the sudden rays, 

but long lasting they never are; surely divergent.

Amidst leaves upon the ground,

lay a creature contemplating; thousands of mysteries.

A glance at lights; fireflies in the sky,

to remember in life it is forever midnight.