Twilight Sojourns

Kurt Philip Behm

Days weave together

as night tears at the seams

Light as it vanishes

deserting my dreams

 

The sun making promises

darkness reneges

The truth stays an orphan

that both will misgive

 

The rooster to signal

that devil’s retreat

Hope spawning a sunrise

where wishes beseech

 

All joy upon waking

released from the pall

The clock now a weapon

that hangs on the wall

 

In mutual exclusion

our psyches must live

A damned symbiosis

all take and no give

 

But hands will fall southward

the shadows reborn

This daydream a nightmare

—as twilight sojourns  

 

(Bryn Mawr College: April, 2023)

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 19th, 2023 10:43
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