The sun fell slowly
from its place above my head,
crossing back behind the line the mountains drew against the sky.

Night like a veil fell across the sky,
dark and feathery black, set with a thousand pinpoint diamonds
that sparkled in the sky like stars.

I rolled back across my bed falling quickly into sleep
where suns and stars burned bright the night
and danced like cats in a dream.

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