Monday, February 10, 2014

 

                            Candles    No Moonlight


           

                          black night studded by streetlights
                         streetlights running in chains
                          at a window pane a forehead touched
                         pressed despair into the brain

                         eyes tilt down the running streets
                          streetlights like Cavafy's candles
                         candles for the years passing
                          and in the darkness     no moon




                                        ENVOI


                                dark   no moon  

                          flaring match candle flame    
                      shadows retreating on soft feet
     
                      candle light gleamed in a mirror
                                      a mirror
                         she had stared at since dusk

                  each alone with no moon for company
                             themselves candlelight
                                      mirror





                                             © Dick Russell, 2017

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