The terrain lamp
The stars
Chalcedonic high above
losing its lustre
To the moonlight white.
Like an arrow in its lost path
A solitary night bird flapped,
Shattering the heavy silence of the skies.
Dressed in shadows,
The trees stood still,
Stubborn as a naughty child.
Far away on the hilltop dark,
Shone a flickering light
Still and anon--the sighing lamp.
A light of hope
Expecting a dearones return march?
A lamp lit to the alters of the Divine?
Some wayside wanderer resting for the night?
Or a wet--eyed silent obsequial observed?
Like the frenzied dance of a vagabond
The lamp--with it's bated breath
A certainty of a humane art
An arm of hope absatively
reaching out into the dark
A vain battle lit
Against the treacherous night..
The stars
Chalcedonic high above
losing its lustre
To the moonlight white.
Like an arrow in its lost path
A solitary night bird flapped,
Shattering the heavy silence of the skies.
Dressed in shadows,
The trees stood still,
Stubborn as a naughty child.
Far away on the hilltop dark,
Shone a flickering light
Still and anon--the sighing lamp.
A light of hope
Expecting a dearones return march?
A lamp lit to the alters of the Divine?
Some wayside wanderer resting for the night?
Or a wet--eyed silent obsequial observed?
Like the frenzied dance of a vagabond
The lamp--with it's bated breath
A certainty of a humane art
An arm of hope absatively
reaching out into the dark
A vain battle lit
Against the treacherous night..