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TITLE: Regeneration�s Repose | Previous Challenge Entry
By Marlene Bonney
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The sun is sinking fast;
Labor starts descending
As fleeting hours go past.
Birds have ceased their tweeting,
The sky no longer blue;
Neighbors have their doors closed;
Another day is through.
Western sun is setting,
Horizon says good-bye;
Stars begin to twinkle
Against black velvet sky.
Darkness ‘round us gathers,
The moon comes out to play
Tag with Little Dipper,
As constellations splay.
Dogs have quit their barking
As crickets take their place;
Interrupting silence,
They chirp through grassy space.
Drapes drawn over windows,
Disguising all within;
Lamps replaced by night-lights
As eyes adjust to dim.
Children snuggle deeply
In covers soft and warm,
Drifting off to Dreamland,
Where sleep abides ‘til morn.
Televisions turned off,
Computers put on hold;
Telephones stop ringing,
And cell-phone texts grow cold.
Quiet soon envelopes
And silence reigns supreme;
Voices turn to whispers,
Anticipating dreams.
Slumber calls the weary
To rest their tired bones,
Beckoning stressed bodies
To claim their beds as home.
Inventories taken
Of hours gone before;
Did we help a brother,
Or did we him ignore?
Did we run with honor
The race for victors’ crowns?
Did we please our Father,
Or did we let Him down?
Praying for forgiveness,
We seek the Savior’s face;
Asking for His favor,
Accepting His pure grace.
Busy hands stop serving,
While furrowed brows un-crease;
Cares and troubles pending,
To Him, are now released.
Ticking clocks seem louder
Than daytime counterparts;
Filling empty silence
To match our beating hearts.
Sometimes sleep comes quickly
And stills our fleeting thoughts;
Other times we’re restless
And counted sheep are sought.
Angel wings seem closer
As minds wind down to sleep;
God—ever-present—guards
Us, while our souls He keeps.
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