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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-09-18 06:13 PM


This one was inspired from my walk just before noon today. You see, when it's not raining and it's not night, I read while I walk. If the sunlight is brilliant, the shadows ahead look so dark that one cannot see much of what might be lurking there. Especially when wearing sunglasses. Yet, when I step into the shadow, there seems to be plenty of light to see, even with my sunglasses on. It's like it fools you into thinking that there is plenty of light.
well, here's what transpired:

Where Darkness Seeps

strolling about in the brilliance of day
sun shining in a blinding array
up ahead, an ebony shade
where naught can be seen
from the contrast that’s made

yet stepping in to the shadows there
adjustment’s made, in vision’s repair
walking along, one might conceive
their vision’s quite fine in the shadow’s deceive

much like the frog in the pot of stew
from cold to hot, he does not rue
for the change is slight, he heeds not well
and soon we find he’s cooked quite swell

little slips of evil in, disguised in shadows, very thin
so dimly lit, we notice not, taking in the light we’ve got
then before we know it, the glimmer’s gone
and evil’s won our darkened dawn


©September 18, 2002

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2002 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
the_loner_23
Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
1 posted 2002-09-18 06:47 PM


This is awesome

Cold hands means a warm heart

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353
Michigan, USA
2 posted 2002-09-18 08:05 PM


Hmmm...
Excellent rhythm, but I'm having difficulty seeing through the bright light!
Good job Vas. ThisDiamond

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