Prompt 9 June 9 ""Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark!" - lines, taken from Tennyson's 'Crossing the Bar' given by Samrudhi Dash

Here in this forsaken country

No evening bell rings

To mark the end of the day

Only the Choughs chorus

Resonates in the deep forest

To celebrate the night coming

In the soft twilight world

Shadows disappear 

The world loses its sharpness

Erasing the day blunders 

Smoothing the way to Darkness

Eerie companion of the bewitching hours

To fall asleep is to enter the night casino

The odds are stacked against you

Who knows what dreams they will bring

Will it be nightmares or visions?

Place your bets 

When your number is up

Say good bye and exit rapidly 

This shadowless universe 

Where many have been called 

And never came back.

Lucette C. Bailliet 

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