Awake in the Night

Alarm goes off - coffee maker beep
The Night need not be taken asleep

With shadows upon, the lamp - turn on
Go to your desk to await the Dawn

Write a poem about the passing of time
And don't forget to make unoriginal rhymes

Talk about talking and walk with your friends
The streetlights alight your night 'til it ends

Light a candle that smells like vanilla
Even though I don't like that smell.

Turn on the oven two hours past midnight
Wash the bowl and the spoon while the bread becomes right

Sleep for a moment, it's okay to rest
Close your eyes and imagine the best

Way the Day in hours could go, don't wait for the crow
Of the rooster, the coffee, alarm, and bough

Of the tree that sees the things that you need
And you climbed when the worst thing was the bleed

Of a cut on your knee or a scrape on your elbow
Things without interest or a need to know

And now in the Dawn, did that tree ever leave?
It's here and will be here, long after caffeine

Even as the last leaf 'comes soil
The first leaf on the way, far longer than Day