The night, glorious, unbending, <br />Takes and gives nothing away <br />The night, silent, refuses the alms offered by day <br /> <br />Day, loquacious, has questions and answers <br />But the night doesn't even ponder <br />Looks far ahead, yonder <br />Night silently turns away. <br /> <br />Day is curious about these silences <br />That stretch into infinity: silences that stretch <br />Until the pale dawn arises <br />Silences that from ages past and ages to come <br />Are the very inscrutable embodiment <br />Of what the night has become.<br /><br />Rani Turton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-night-glorious-unbending/
