The Light

The desert at sunset, comes alive in the dying light
The cool quickening breezes, glimmering in light

White sand beach, the foaming surf effervesces
Dark caves under waves—edges churning light

A morning sunbeam illuminating a moss bed
For only a moment—a spark of green light

Windswept fields of delicate golden dried stalks 
How far you waved to reach this softness of light

The amber glow in a dying flame 
Shifting the shadows of firelight

I Belden, walk in the pines every evening
For the orange display and to say—ah the light
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Marc Avatar
August 29, 2020 at 2:21 PM
I love this poem!
Raiser Avatar
August 29, 2020 at 4:59 PM
Thanks P.M., I appreciate that.
Wolf Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 5:16 PM
Thanks for introducing me to this poetic form, Belden. Very effective, the repetition of the word 'light.' Peace and Joy, Gershon
Raiser Avatar
August 4, 2020 at 6:20 PM
Thank you Gershon, the refain is what drew me to the form. Cheers!
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