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
each alone with no moon for company
themselves candlelight
mirror
© Dick
Russell, 2017
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