Rachel Habraken's "Twilight" is a poem of longing, addressed to someone who seems to belong to the night. The speaker pictures this person walking under the moon and stars, almost allergic to sunlight, with their beauty and mystery coming out only in the dark. The speaker, by contrast, is left behind in the "harsh sun's rays," worn down by endless days and a sense of being too exposed.
The feeling is mostly weariness and wistfulness. The speaker clings to shared memories and hopes to reach them "before we die," while also admitting that death will take everything in the end. The mood is quiet and a little sorrowful, but it isn't hopeless. The closing lines offer a small, gentle wish: that at twilight, the brief moment when day and night overlap, the two might finally meet again. The title becomes the poem's meeting place, with only "our memories and us."