Brian Baumgarn Poet Quatrain

Darkness Steals

My heart quite deep within me quakes
when darkness steals the sky.
The night rolls out its raven cape
and stars from shadow, fly.

Gray threadlike clouds adorn the deep
and look down as to spy.
The silence of each long, dark hour
is nightfall's strong ally.

Below, on earth, from our purview
we sleep, we work, and play.
Too often as our life unwinds
we miss night's grand display.

We move among the twilight spheres
with blinders, left and right,
yet high among the moon and stars
we find a guiding light.

The reverence we sense and feel
amid each nightlong fray
enriches and sustains us as
we wait for break of day.

Deep night is not some cryptic foe,
though silent, is a friend.
We live in shadowed, umbral realms
until the dawn ascends

                     Darkness Steals
                     1-20-15
                     common verse

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George Seal February 27, 2015 at 12:35 PM Hello Brian,i have read a few of your poems and this is my kind of poetry.I enjoyed every one of them immensely.I am new to poetry soup so i have been looking for some thing to inspire me.This certainly did. Well done indeed. George Seal.p Brian Baumgarn April 23, 2015 at 12:22 AM George, I am just figuring out how to reply to comments. Sorry for not typing a note earlier. Thanks for reading "Darkness Steals". I work overnights in a group home and love watching the sky at night from the deck at the group home. I really appreciate the feedback, George, Be Blessed

Njeri Hunjeri February 25, 2015 at 2:27 AM I enjoyed the write. Good day my friend.