Dark
Interrupts
Darker
As in:
it’s time to get up
but oh, god,
PLEASE
not yet.
Where is the sun?
It’s not that I’m depressed.
No. Really.
I’m simply bemoaning
the too quickly passing
of summer’s
early light
And the
coming Darker
which is not sleep.
Summer Solstice
in the rear view.
Equinox
our remaining hope
before
Darker
Interrupts
Dark
And the Summer Sun
Obediently
Slides
‘Neath the
Horizon.
defying atrophy 
Relatable. I try not to “future-trip,” but I am definitely not looking forward to the shorter hours of daylight in fall and winter.
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I feel this especially when I want a few more minutes of sleep (which fails to happen). Nicely written!
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