Historian Frame of Mind

Something in the historian slant 
   of the mind instinctively mulls over 
      ever-lengthening, darkening shadows
         of all that comes to pass and fades away.


Its pondering, contemplative yet leisurely, 
   soaks in the acute clarity of the present
      then watches it recede and trail behind
         to form part of the landscape of hindsight.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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