Daylight Savings Time

By Madison Boykin

Posted on July 1, 2025

Cover Image Title: Endless Time

Cover Image by: Serena Dicare

Classification: Photography

Specifications: 2048 pixels x 1306 pixels

Year: 2025

During days of shadow

When the evening changes,

The dreams of youth are like a candle

Morphing into puddled wax

With a wick of hope of crumbled ash.

Youth mourn the sunny evenings of the past,

The curse of daylight savings.

Escaping to a land far away

Where Sun illuminates the games they play,

Youth wander and have a bawl

Soon crushed by the clock in Fall.

Until then the youth will roam, 

Sunny dreamscapes will await

After hours of confined space

The time together is their home.

But at last the clock has ticked!

The darkness of days are in play.

Youth confined, dreams astray,

Dreamscapes are oh so dreary.

The changed time by one hour

Drown the candle of dreams

And rots all hopes of feeling sour.

Fall backward, spring forward

All wish for longer days.

For the youth who want to play,

Curse the dark of fall evenings.

Description: 

The poem “Daylight Savings Time” exemplifies how the youth are explicitly impacted by the longer evenings and shorter days. Within this piece, I utilized strong dramatic language and continued symbolism of hopes and dreams as a candle. I hope readers find a connection to this piece or, if not, are enlightened by a new perspective.

[ Writing Editor: Anonymous. ]