My Favorite Couplet

The Comfort of Nite

The day was beautiful, the twilight is long
off in the distance, I hear a bird's song.

He's saying goodnight as the light passes by,
and darkness approaches to cover the sky.

But the cover of night is no reason for woe,
for it filters out trouble from the world down below.

Night seems to bring comfort and peace,
and turmoil and tension just seem to cease.

Away from the world, in the comfort of home,
our problems drift off, our minds free to roam.

You close your eyes and relax just a bit,
all at once the puzzles seem to fit.

The answers to problems that once were not found
are dancing like asters in the air all around,

for darkness slips by and a new day is here,
promising hope and a day of new cheer.

So darkness you see has a mystical power-
from a troubled seed it brings a bright flower.

So don't look to twilight with fright or despair,
for night plus the dawn brings love, hope and care.
~Bob Cray

The words of this couplet, in the order they follow one another, invokes a swell of emotions. The way the words rhyme at the end of each stanza flow together effortlessly. A clear message is conveyed, and punctuation is used as a subtle guide, not a glaring map. I feel if the lines were combined, it would lose most of its message; it would look to simple and feel too complex. While this poem certainly will not appeal to many readers, the use of form is clearly, undeniably, well done. Bob Cray intentionally put his "best words in their best order."