--- title: The Backyard at Dusk date: 2025-01-24T13:23:15Z modified: 2025-01-24T13:23:15Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/the-backyard-at-dusk/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 4503 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Backyard-at-Dusk.jpeg" featured_image_alt: The Backyard at Dusk author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2025-01-24T13:23:15Z tags: - Life Poems --- watching the sun fade while standing barefoot in grass as ordinary moments turn golden at day’s end magic happens in the spaces between light and dark. ![The Backyard at Dusk](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Backyard-at-Dusk.jpeg) The Backyard at Dusk screen door slams behind me, bare feet sink into grass, garden tools rest against fence, day begins to fade; moths [circle the porch](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/broken-strings.md) lamp, neighbor’s wind chimes sing, cat stretches on warm concrete [shadows grow](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/shadowed-hearts.md) longer; kids’ bikes abandoned mid-yard, sprinkler makes [rainbow](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/rainbow.md) mist, lightning bugs start their dance, evening slips in slow; screen [door](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/in-search-of-destiny-door.md) calls me back, wet grass between my toes, dishes [wait](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/waiting.md) in kitchen sink, night arrives like sleep;