Waves of Loneliness
Waves of the sea of darkness
Break …. Break … Break
against cotton cloud rocks,
and heighten my loneliness.
Calves that hopped around,
and bulls that smelled the scent
of love, and butted their heads
against brook banks, have gone…
Leaving me, in rising darkness.
Shepard boys who guarded them,
caressing their manes and horns,
have left me, in rising darkness.
Bird youths that sang to amuse
bird damsels that tossed their heads,
balancing their legs to violins' tune,
have left me, in rising darkness.
Tired old Sun that gently stroked
my heart with his tenderly smile,
through foliage and branches,
has left me, in rising darkness.
All that amused me have gone,
Leaving loneliness and darkness.
*A 1st Place* in the following contest (judged on Nov. 30, 2020)
Nov. 29, 2020
UN-RHY-ME Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: Brian Strand
Inspiration from my own poem, “Where have they all gone?” (published in 2018)
And Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break”.
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