Beyond the Shadowed Curtain

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Open Poetry #13

Beyond the Shadowed Curtain

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-04-19 10:07 AM

Beyond the Shadowed Curtain
Virginia Salter

here comes the sunrise
gently sneaking into the day
filtering through the firmament
calling me to pray
a prayer of thanksgiving
for the life and breath of me
a prayer of rejoicing
in what there is to be

a pastel rosy edge
contrasting powder blue
behind ebony silhouettes
deciduous and spruce
the morning slowly wakens
hours after I
the clock chimes out the moments
as the tones fade and die

slowly, ever slowly
night brightens into morn
yet a stillness profound
as no winged creature’s borne
upon the air
or nearby branch
the world waiting
in a slumberer’s trance

I shall do the same
of this I’m very certain
until I see life stirring
beyond the shadowed curtain

©April 10, 2000

Embers_Before_God
Member

since 2001-03-06

Posts 101
USA

1 posted 2001-04-19 11:31 AM

Wonderfully done . . . Embers

Dance with me under the moon. Touch my pale skin. Devour me. Love me.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2001-04-19 11:34 AM

This is quite lovely, VAS. Joyce

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-04-19 07:16 PM

Thank you both for reading and your sweet comments.

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