Shadowlands
One memory, found, has cradled this moment,
exquisitely composed with infinite detail.
Once lost with disease,
it is briefly retrieved,
just for this moment, before it is gone.
She smiles as she holds it,
as if it has pleased her,
a small golden flashback
to fondle awhile.
It came from the darkness,
like a small shaft of light,
on a small mote of dust
that has tumbled in flight
Poised in the sunlight
it has cradled the moment
But, then is forgotten
while it falls out of sight
back into the shadows
that cradle the night
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7/5/16
Contest: Cradling the Moment
Sponsor: Julia Ward
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2016
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