Rainy Night's Walk
A rainy night's walk: the street lights are gleaming
a dream's fluorescence in obsidian sky.
Halogen wishes are far away beaming
illumined teardrops that I refuse to cry.
All windows are dark, their silence is screaming.
Ebony trees are stiff guardians nearby.
The sidewalk in charcoal is colder than rock,
my constant companion on this midnight walk.
Low raven hedges are barriers of leaf,
marking the boundaries of family pride.
Lattices of flowers shield lifetimes of grief,
the shadowy bars that keep secrets inside.
My house is one lighted; it's my true belief
that yellows and peaches push sadness aside.
I see my porch light in distant resplendence,
a shining white angel's bright incandescence.
9th Place
Form R Contest
7/7/17
Copyright © Dale Gregory Cozart | Year Posted 2017
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