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Namyh
Senior Member

since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

0 posted 2009-01-25 06:15 PM

Voice in the Light

Down the heavens, thru the clouds,
across the winds that churn the night,
the velvet darkness pins the sky
with stars of a silvern light.

At a gallop in the dark, the light rays come,
first the fast, then behind come the slow.
They both reach the eyes at slight different times
and a Twinkle is their impacts aglow.

In that blink, some men see their last Hope.
In that flash, some men hear their Faith
and a dim corner shows some old Courage lost
now lit by this messenger of Space.

And it seems that the Infinite is speaking
to me, Man the infinitely small,
that we are both the ends of a cosmic circle
not touching but embracing us all

and the unmeasured distance between us
is one breath of a heartbeat’s sigh
from its Voice to our ear thru a velvet darkness
locked in the twinkling of an eye.

And in the silent and echoless vast uncertain
dim of some darkened night
when one star blinks and jumps great distance
straddled to a cosmic light
thru the blackness of a million midnights
crossing spans of a chasmed sea,
if you listen for the light, in the twinkling of an eye,
it will speak to the dark in thee.

Namyh

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2009-01-25 06:23 PM

Yo dear Namyh,

This poem has a good rhyme pattern running through it.

Love Bobby

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

2 posted 2009-01-25 11:45 PM

"the unmeasured distance between us
is one breath of a heartbeat’s sigh"

...loved this line (and your ending, too)...a nice read-aloud poem...good flow

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2009-01-27 07:24 PM

Some very good lines in this poem, Namyh.
Ida

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

4 posted 2009-01-27 11:56 PM

"A Voice in the Light" ~ A terrific title!

"the velvet darkness pins the sky
with stars of a silvern light."

~ A few of my favourite lines!

Love & God's Light,
Earth Angel

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2009-01-28 02:28 AM

If we would but listen to these whisperings.
Thank you. "late"

Namyh
Senior Member

since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

6 posted 2009-01-28 02:59 AM

Bobby – I tried to create a rhyme pattern that would fit the story. Thanks for recognizing Bobby. Hope it put a smile on ya. Namyh

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