December 31,2018
Jessica sits very still
in a spot that will soon
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Daniel, I like this vignette in verse! The closing question is perfect and lifts the whole! Cool! The best to you, brother! -Glen
Thanks, Glen, I added the 2nd stanza some 4 hours after the 1st was completed. What happened in those hours? . I don't think I got smarter. A good angel intervened?
The darkness widens, as more light withdraws into the sleep all of us needs. How can we say, Darkness has fallen, without also saying, Light has risen over us?
That's my favorite stanza too, Bhararti. It came to me in a flash, like a spiritual gift. It seems not everything we write comes from our minds, but from somewhere else. That's the magic of poetry.
Thatr's my favorite passage too, Bharati. I didnt think my way to it - it just came like a spiritual gift - That's the magic of poetry.
Peace under darkness is something we all look for and the last stanza took this poem to a different level.10+++