These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Etheree: "Dusk"

Night
will come
when light leaves,
but for now gray.
Light, but not, we wait.
Clouds become the canvas.
Almost white, almost blue, and
almost part of the day remains.
Kind of light, but mostly darkish grey.
Slipping, slipping into the black away.

by Jay O’Toole
on January 30th, 2025