Halogen lamps
burn like
birthday candles
coming too fast
in the dark.
The glow and
the wishes
push the night
to the side
of the road,
and watch it
spin its wheels
in the cold, wet
ground that has not
yet frozen.

Image above (and on front-page mastheads) by Nancy Denmark: “Flowing Through Light.”

Words above by Steve Brightman: “Push The Night.”