A Matter of Light

A jealous sun guards its daytime light,
Fearful of moonshade and the night,
The stars laugh with overriding might,
The clouds weary as they have no fight.

The sun shows its patience until another sunrise
Clouds adrift always a moody compromise
Stars afar with their own glow glaze
The sun sets and gives its praise

Alas, a struggle between sun and dark
The clouds at the mercy of both
and the stars far removed can only
laugh from their vantage point.

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