Transcendent Pause

when shadows long and toads do song and stars begin to fire.

The space between the light and dark
when stillness does descend.
That space to lay your weary head and there's nothing to defend.

Shhh, now. Relax, my love for time stands unmoving.
The peaceful twilight
has come to birth,
So tranquil and so soothing.

Abide with me amid this calm
we'll listen to crickets sing.
A staccato crescendo that heralds the night on a thousand tiny wings.

Savor this moment, an eternity,
When time stops its flowing
Gone too quick, transcendent pause.
For fleeting is the gloaming.