Another Day, Another Night

How the hills have changed their faces
Since I saw them at the dawn,
When the sky was pale and empty
And the day was not yet born.

Now the night has called his children,
Moon and Stars, come crowned to reign,
And the dusk has brought the darkness
And the darkness brings the rain.

Though my view has slowly vanished
Like the faces in a dream,
And the brink of the horizon
Bears the last of daylight’s gleam.

Every day has its own glory
Every sunrise has its set,
So I watch the fading mountains
With no feeling of regret.

In the dark I hear the fingers
Of the rain against the glass,
As she leave her water touches
On window panes and grass.

How the wind now lifts her gently
With its wings of sea-born air,
In its feathers lies the moonlight
Sifting softly through her hair.

She will kiss the pink storm-lily
with the gift of silver dew,
And the face of every mountain
In the morning will be new.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Sanders Avatar
February 2, 2013 at 1:09 PM
I love this poem
Brumley Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 7:43 PM
Look at you little sister! Congratulations on making it through the first round and good luck sweetheart:)
Brown Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 6:17 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest. I wish you the best in the final round Rauwolfia Love, Carol
Eastman Avatar
July 1, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Congratulations on being featured. A very elegant write. Beautiful wording that painted a moving picture of the landscape that held us there.
Brown Avatar
June 27, 2011 at 5:30 AM
Congratulations on your well written poetry being featured this week Rauwolfia. Love, Carol
Mehta Avatar
June 26, 2011 at 5:17 PM
My congratulations on your poem being featured this week,
Davies Avatar
April 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM
Enjoyed yet another perfect picture....
Rutherford Avatar
April 17, 2011 at 7:44 AM
Last stanza is marvellous .
Kendrick Avatar
February 12, 2011 at 6:18 AM
Beautiful..One of the best that I have read in awhile..Enjoyed very much..Glad that I chose this one to read this morn..Good rhyme, rythm, and flow..Sara
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