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Nightly Vigil

silence
across the table
sat with him
dressed in black
in the death of night

while his world slept
they waited there
refusing to slip quietly
in the hush of night



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on March 3, 2019

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Date: 3/9/2019 8:58:00 AM
Nicely done, very evocative, gentle, sweet, sad...
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Date: 3/9/2019 10:56:00 AM
Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, LJ.
Date: 3/3/2019 9:43:00 PM
Profound, prophetic and wonderful. A FAV for me, my friend.
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Date: 3/4/2019 7:54:00 AM
Thank you so much, Caren. This poem is about my father.

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