Do not call to the night
And expect a response
The light of day was so given
For man to make hay
From the dew's shower
That grace the morning
Like face wash to awaken minds
Symbols of life so given
And the birds will fly after morning
Songs of praise to acknowledge their maker
The animals will wake and stretch
Their hibonated muscles to allow blood flow
The trees will photosynthesis
Getting drunk on our breath
And man will get the chance
To make memory in the day
To laugh and to cry
To feel and to touch
To hear and to see
To smell and to taste
To eat and to drink
To love and to hate
To smile and to frown
To crawl, walk, run and to swim
To fall and find our feet again
To make memory
Oh to make sweet memories
Do not call out to the night
And expect a response
When the light of day is gone
And we are no longer given grace
All that is to be done by day
Should be exhausted before the night
Do not waste a second in a minute
Do not waste a minute in an hour
Do not waste an hour in a day
Do not waste a day in a week
Do not waste a week in a month
Do not waste a month in a year
Do not waste a year in a decade
Do not waste a decade in a century
If you are lucky to live a century long
To be known as a centurian, for that long
If you are, mind you, a decade
Comes fast for ten to be complacent
Let your name be mentioned
And be known a thousand years
For what you were able to achieve
In the light of day, bright as day
Do not call to the night
And expect a response
For by then we are no longer
Blessed with grace
And it is only the haunted
And trapped that screams at night
Begging to be heard again
When all that live by day
Have long hanged their coat
For they have no business with the night
In Loving Memory of
Cornelius Korbla Deynoo
Sleep well through the night
Have no reason to wake
And call unto the night, sleep well.
