Twilight

Red wine

spilled across the painted canvas.

 Periwinkle pillows

were laced with pink ribbons.

The backs of Asian elephants

faded from black to grey,

the further back they nestled.

As the sun said farewell

to the man in the moon,

Twilight flew over the land,

dragging her onyx dress

behind her.

Like a shadow,

it followed her every move.

She had a beauty mark

just above the right corner

of her mouth.

It shined alone

for a moment,

until the sequins on her dress

sparkled so bright

that her perfect freckle

was lost.

I watched the night

like a hawk on a hare.

I studied it’s breed.

Hoping the mermaid of the sky

would show herself

if just for a moment.

Her silver tail

splashing through the starlit sea,

was the last memory

I had of her.

But she didn’t appear this night.

Maybe tomorrow.

Nothing was ever as it seemed

when Twilight came to visit.

Monsters towered over me,

their long wrinkled fingers,

outstretched,

reaching,

as if to take me with them.

They were barren and old,

stripped by October’s vengeful hand.