24.01.2026

In response to: https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1

How about you? Do you love the late nights or the early mornings, or perhaps the afternoons? And why do you?

Night, always night.

I’m definitely a night owl 🦉.
Night is when the world exhales—and so do I.

It began when my children were small.
After long, hectic days filled with noise, needs, and never-ending motion, night became my quiet reward.
The dishes were done.
The house finally still.
And for the first time all day, I could breathe.

Now my children are grown, but the love for night has never left me.
Evenings still feel like sacred space.
Time slows.
Thoughts soften.

I can sit outside for hours, wrapped in silence, watching the moon climb and the stars blink awake one by one.
Night asks nothing of me.
It doesn’t rush or demand explanations.
It simply lets me be.

Day belongs to the world.
Night belongs to my soul.
🦉🌙✨

💫Maggie

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14 responses to “Friday Writings #211: Night and Day”

  1. Marja Avatar

    ‘Night asks nothing of me / It doesn’t rush or demands explanations/ It simply let’s me be. That says it all. Beautiful

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you Marja 😊

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  2. jcosmo Avatar
    jcosmo

    That’s lovely!

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you 😊

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  3. Rosemary Nissen-Wade Avatar

    Oh yes, absolutely! And beautifully expressed.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you so much Rosemary 😊 Happy you loved it .

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  4. Penelope Notes Avatar

    What a relief, indeed, when the chaos of the day can find rest at night!

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you Penelope for your comment 💜🦉

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  5. Priscilla King Avatar

    “When the world exhales–and so do I” makes perfect sense.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you Priscilla 😊

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  6. sumandray Avatar

    beautiful – the definitely belongs to the soul

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you 😊 Happy it resonates 💜

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  7. purplepeninportland Avatar

    This is exactly how I feel about night. You expressed it beautifully.

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    1. Maggie Avatar

      Thank you ❤️. Happy it resonates ❤️💜

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