Early Sunsets / End of Autumn

 In the autumn, at 5:30, and it’s dark

4:30, and we see a spark of daylight

3:30, and it’s golden hour

City lights turn on and it’s time to go home

Party’s over, can’t stay out to roam

Hues of orange, brown, red, yellow leaves

Race the sun before nightfall

Early sunsets give me the blues.

No more kids playing ball on their front lawns,

They’ve all gone inside, like the sun.

Adults all inside reading the latest news

And I know, early sunsets give them the blues, too.

written by Zoe