Midnight
by Curtis Wilson Cost |
Golden light
Filtering through marred panes
Pierces the darkness
Lending little comfort
To the unknown
Little comfort
In a lonely, sleepless night
Dana
~Written for Magpie Tales
Please leave me your comments below. I do appreciate them!
How very sad.
ReplyDeleteIt can be... sometimes it can be peaceful as well. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteLoneliness can be so dark...
ReplyDeleteYes... it can also teach you some things as well. It's definitely a good time to reflect.
DeleteYour voice is so strong and gathering even more force since the summer. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lara... I do believe I have grown as a poet over the past months. Thank you for taking the time to stop by!
DeleteThat lonely night can be despairing ~
ReplyDeleteIt definitely can be, it can be some of the hardest times. Thanks Grace!
Deleteat least it is a little comfort you know...but dang sometimes not so much....especially when feeling alone...
ReplyDeleteWhen alone you learn to take comfort in the simplest of things!
ReplyDeletemarred panes... there's so much mystery in those two words
ReplyDeleteWhat the light is filtered through makes all the difference. You have a lot in these spare lines.
ReplyDeletesoulful poem for a person alone in the dark.
ReplyDeleteLove the contrast between the dark image, the blog background ... and your words.
ReplyDeleteThose sleepless nights can be so very lonely.
ReplyDeleteOh sad poem, but I completely understand the feeling being away from Robert for months at a time. Well done Dana.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for taking the time to stop by and read my little poem! I appreciate your thoughts and always welcome advice.
ReplyDeleteLovely Dana, without the dark there can be no light !
ReplyDeleteThe reader can definitely feel this one.
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Sad and beautiful, Dana.
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