The Color of Light. by MarciaMarcia

The Color of Light.     ( Poetry Monthly)

 

 

I heard today that she

had given in 

to fears and insecurity

allowing cover

to envelop her light

and beckon sleep

to take away her rhythms

 

I stayed distanced

never close

yet ever open 

to more of her in me

than I could admit

 

I sensed her pain

knew it as my own

and did not want to look upon it

within her eyes

 

thoughts stir

this could be me

retreating into

the vast void of self

where

 

there

muffled echoes sound

light flickers dim

questioned 

by distanced memory

 

there

blackness holds back

glaring colors

yellow daisy gardens

abutting huge truncated trees

beneath

blood stained rocks

lurk dark

in witness

from beyond a velvet lake

                        

all is weighted                                      

smothered                                         

ground into

stillness                                                                        

of blackest pigment

swept 

into void

where movement is staid

and eyes stare inward

 

i have been…

where you are

now

trapped 

within

yet safe from outside 

 

I have 

been 

where you are now

but for a brief enough moment

 

to want to be distracted

by the color

of light                           MarciaMarcia