An Ode To The Shade of The Night

Cool shade of night,
Pray, stay awake and active,
So my wife and kids may sleep tight,
As they pull their blankets a little closer,
Shielding closed eyes, from a few rays of light,

Cool shade of night,
Pray hold your umbrella steady,
Casting a darker shadow tonight,
Under which me may curl cosy,
Rolling in our sleep, sans fret,

Cool shade of night,
Pray throw a larger expanse,
Of that darkness some of us deem so right,
So we may coop up in our tiny, dimlit rooms,
Working hard, 'til the sun shines bright,

Cool shade of night,
Pray, get warmer outside,
To ease homeless brothers' plight,
Who shrink within torn sheets,
Turning numb to the cold outside,

Cool shade of night,
Pray dim thy darkness,
And shine a little light,
Upon those who're dying awake,
Shivering with their last bits of skin and bone,
Cringing at the darkness of death,

Cool shade of night,
You're our mother, our lord,
Our only companion at night,
Knowing us best, even in our darkest hours,
Pray do what thou deemeth, the best for us with your might.

Written between 12:20pm and 12:25pm on 19.5.2017 at Aero Structures Lab.
Tiny edits between 1:55am to 2:07am [started perhaps later] on 20.5.2017 at aC504, H13, IIT Bombay.