Thief

As the night comes

  a surprise is written across the sky

In longing color's

  spring on the horizon

If you didn't look 

  it would have been lost

Gone into the dark

  with dreams not realized

It comes in the hours

  of quiet and rest

It comes beckoning us

  to stop and look

Silently like a thief 

  time will take it soon

And those who missed it

  will never know its beauty

Or catch the breath 

  at the beauty revealed

In light and dark

  color's enhancing the world