Twinkle Twinkling Lights
Twinkle twinkling lights
beyond
beyond my house. . .
out to where
the mountains
meet low
and blackened clouds.
Twilight time in January
all is bathed in gray.
No rainbowed hues dance hither
to tag this winter's day.
Out to where the lights
across the valley towns
are a myriad of fireflies
that flicker
flicker round . . .
their circle ever grows
as evenfall grows thicker.
People settle in.
The temperature
will drop.
Night . . .
and soon more lightning bugs
will join in the throng,
absorbing all the warmth
of all the others'
twinkle twinkling lights.
(The city of Pleasant Grove and surrounding
Utah Valley cities in January from twilight to night.)
For Deb's Contest: City Lights Poetry Contest
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2012
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