Red Sky at Night
Retiring into the deep
Colors of the day
We come to the end
When light must give
Way to night
We sigh and with
Misty breath, exhale
Into the coming dark
No more arguments
To make against the
Day
Maybe a farmer’s
Understanding, for
There are evening
Laborers
Whose cycle will
Reverse the colors
Sorry, perhaps, for
Those who cannot
Read the final
Message in the dusk
Of dying day
Well, look to new hues
In the tellings that
Arrive, whenever
Daytime and
Nighttime meet, alive
June 18, 2016 at 2:36 am
The lines “daytime and nighttime meet alive,” really stand out to me, with the colour of the sky at dusk being red. It’s an excellent way to describe it.
June 18, 2016 at 6:51 pm
Thank you. I had trouble with the crafting of that part. It wasn’t until I happened to think of repeating “time” that I thought maybe this might work (that is, might look and sound all right).
June 19, 2016 at 6:20 am
Oh this is going to be one of my favorite of yours for a while now. Day bleeds into night.. such a dramatic description. I will remember like this when I look up at the sky tomorrow at sunset.
Blessing to you my friend.
June 19, 2016 at 7:13 pm
Thanks, Dajena. God bless you. At dusk and always.
June 19, 2016 at 9:45 pm
🙂 Amen 🙂 likewise my friend.
June 22, 2016 at 10:20 am
so i just close my eyes and imagine and feel your breathing words, brother! Thank youuu! It is a perfect pair for the setting Wednesday sun. ❤
June 22, 2016 at 6:17 pm
I’m delighted, sister! Your responses are beautiful!
June 23, 2016 at 9:06 am
so as your work, brother. 🙂
June 23, 2016 at 2:31 pm
Your poetry is beautiful. It’s such a pleasure reading them.
June 24, 2016 at 6:40 pm
Thank you for your comment–which is encouraging!