Different

'...the thorn in sharpened shade
     weathers all loneliness.'  Hart Crane

     

Branches scratch the sky
blanching the twilight
pale and gray,
the day is dying.

My way is dark and dismal,
the nightjar's distant cry
my only solace,

as I wander washed
in reveries of her, and wish
with all my heart
it could be different.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Collins Avatar
May 26, 2012 at 8:16 AM
"blanching the twilight." What a beautiful expansion of the quote. love, Kathy
Bauer Avatar
May 26, 2012 at 3:58 AM
beautiful and so sad!
Gorelick Avatar
May 25, 2012 at 6:46 PM
This is so lovely...I feel this way so many days. To my favs. BG
Garside Avatar
May 25, 2012 at 6:06 PM
A lovely poem you have penned. Well done!
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