Shadows Forbode

Dark forces
conscript
the last moonbeam
As day turns
to night
in the sky
And silence
takes over 
the valley
That harbor’s
a final 
goodbye
Where light
used to play
in the meadow
Shadows 
forbode
laying claim
To what
used to live
in your memory
That dies
in this darkened
— refrain

(The New Room: June, 2026)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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