After the Sun Has Gone

Oh, when the sun yields child

to the soft caress of the night

After the sun has gone.

After the sun has gone.

That lifts the wind

after the sun has gone.

The last  of wonder and awe

That turns life

from a beach shell echo

to  a cornucopia

after the sun has gone.

Life without a shell must

shake out the shadows

live full to overflowing

less it dry after the sun has gone

leaving the child still, beautiful silent

in the beach tide after the sun has gone.

After the sun has gone.