The Encounter, Olivia's side of the story

The Encounter

The perfectly placed ball of fire

                  sits illuminating our days,

Lighting our ventures on this earth.

                                    But after long hours

                  of radiating light, our sun

                                    steps down from its podium

                  and we encounter the night.

                                    It sweeps its murky wings

                  across the sky and we

are swallowed into its temporary

                  darkness.

                                                                        Olivia White