Twilight at the Seawall

Photo: Kaela Roster, March 2016

Dark hills,

glowing sky,

indigo fast fading

to black,

while on the edge of fire

incandescent embers

hurry the wheeling world

round ancient paths.

But see how, 

newly awakened,

the cool moon ascends,

awash in reflected glory,

full and round, 

and lovely.

(2011 - 2017)

Solano Sunset

Tangerine sky

etched edge, black

cut ridge,

dusky plain

broad valley

waiting

for inky night

to fill

the great bowl

of earth.

(18 June 2011)

Nightfall

the darkness rises

over low roofs

past the weak glow

of my window -

through rough fences

into trees it drifts

black space filling the holes

between roses.

(17 March 2015)

November Sunset

About five o clock,

the warm November day

just stops.

Bright afternoon

slams into evening

not even pausing

for twilight.

Blue sky

dims quickly

to violet,

but over ragged black canyons

the orange sun

lingers

and suddenly bursts

into astonishing gold.

Blithely ascending

the bright crescent

claims the cool

velvet night.

(11/16/2010)

black door

black door,

impenetrable portal

to the silent night,

when a sudden train rushes,

filling the darkness

with wailing desire,

and suddenly is gone.

Now only my fingers linger.

pressing your giving flesh.

(10/18/2014)

Joy Fills the Night

Joy fills the night,

sighs, breath

faint as death,

inward fly.

Oh, gaze into the night,

to the emptiness

deep inside

where bright salvation,

in silence resides.

(Sept 15, 2014)

Peaceful Evening

Like a dark tower,
my window looms;

ebony night waits
just a step away.

Deep silence
consumes empty spaces
in the tall trees

where breezes sing
in the joyful morning.

My feeble lamp
can only reach
a few feet out

and sets
the pale grass
aglow

as glimmering ghosts
softly search
for peace.

But peace
can be uneasy


and stillness signify
oblivion.

(9/10/2010)