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RSEvans
Senior Member

since 1999-10-23

Posts 1147
Tulsa, OK, USA

0 posted 1999-10-26 01:18 PM

The day's light fades to duller tones.
The moonlight sweeps and claims its own.
And I watch as the yellows and reds of day
Very slowly fade away
To be replaced by blues and grays
And darkned colors move and sway
Across the land and through my soul
And daylight's twin takes its toll.

Why do we fear the death of day
And not relish in the blues and grays?
Why does the darkness cause us fear
And cause us to draw defenses near?
Why do the things that worship night
Give us cause to fear and fright?
What is the presence that we fear
Whenever twilight's walk is near?

I feel as though there's something missed
Like a lover's lips yet unkissed
In the mystery that is the night;
That thing that keeps us holding tight
To all we know by daylight's grace
And all we see by sunbeams' trace.
It all exists at night you see,
Though colorless, it still must be.

I see beauty in the dulled hues of night
And I face it now with such delight.
The moonlight's beams, they beckon me
And light my way to some degree
Into a different reality
As I slowly drift to sleep.

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No matter where you go, somebody's probably already been there and gotten the parking space...

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

1 posted 1999-10-26 01:23 PM

As a true night person I will tell you there is beauty unseen by most in the Dark. Liked this very much!!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

2 posted 1999-10-26 01:32 PM

Very well done. Night, with its coolness, beauty and silence, is much preferred over day in my book...but, as long as man fears the unknown, night will always get a bum rap. Good words.

Ohme
Senior Member

since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

3 posted 1999-10-26 01:38 PM

I would not want to miss the pleasures of either day or night, like spending time in both. Very nice poem.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 1999-10-26 09:20 PM

This is lovely, RS. I enjoyed reading this.

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Denise

poetFemmeFatale
Member Elite

since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

5 posted 1999-10-27 01:00 AM

Robert, I wish I could find at least ONE thing to complain about here...I always have such good things to say - I don't want you to think I'm being partial because you're family !! LOL This is truly deep and beautiful....like the sea....I like this alot! You certainly belong here, writing and sharing....

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~~ Lift your head high - spread your "words" and fly - - poetFemmeFatale

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

6 posted 1999-10-27 01:10 AM

Ah, Robert, "though colorless, it still must be"...wonderful line. Night is quite tangible to some of us..a very palpable sensation. Love the poem.

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Michael Anderson

Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?

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