Notes About The Poem
Contest : Twilight Of My Life
Sponsored by : Silent One
Date May 28, 2026
Twilight Of My Life
“In the twilight sky’s fading fresco of sensual shimmer
the sequins of memory sprinkle on me entranced.” – Quote by poet
In the misty milepost of the penultimate pathway,
at the faded fringe of the obscure future,
the waning tune of vibrant chromatic strings
of the setting sun in the twilight zone,
reverberates the requiem for the skeletal tree,
silhouetted tranquil against the sundown skyline
of transient radiance, witnessing despondent
the last sand grain mark the trail of destiny
in the cauldron of time, illumined by the final flash
of the decayed day, d y i n g….
In the gleaming twilight ambiance under dulcet dome
the sky is still to be filled with the chromatic pile
at the end of the pathway that will take me home,
I wish for me the spent sun waits for a while to set.
In the twilight hour the sky creates a collage of colors,
weave for me the panorama for the ultimate walk.
I stand at the signpost of the last mile of my journey,
wondering what lies at the end of the ordained path.
The deformed shards of the splintered sky
spin in gyrating gale with the shattered shadows
of the terminal torment on convoluted convoy
of the curled-up bleak clouds, the remnant rays
of sanguinity sparkle still in the departing flare
of the sinking sun, drowning the montage
of the migratory memory,
compose the latent melody of the unsung dreams
with fossilized life’s incoherent cadence,
sequestered in the spectral lyric
of the sunset swansong, r e s o n a t i n g ….
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