24

One day and one night
The gold of sunrise measured
in imperceptible
arbitrary divisions
of twelve and two
Eight and three
or Six and four

Twenty and four hours
defining the red
green
blistering flicker
and its next.
Sunset to Sunset
So neatly bookended

Such a tidy thing
a day.
The word so short.
Simple
Needing no explanation.

Three letters state clearly
in their own code and way
A death
A birth
A day never remembered
A moment never forgotten

A full day or a wasted day,
Or a black day
A good day
Any day
Remembered in fits
And flashes
And starts

A moment becomes an hour
An hour becomes marked by the day
And the day remarked by the memory
Years, decades, and lifetimes on
the eternal day still shines
with you at the center