Reflections



The sun is setting, going to sleep,
Darkness coming in, like the ocean deep,
Vividly I can see it from where I lie
As nature’s colour flows across the sky


Glowing stars with twinkling lights,
Glittering diamonds; God! What a sight,
I lie in the field lawn and up I stare,
My body goes numb as I forget all my cares


My soul reeked of hollow emptiness
It saw no comfort in the evening’s transcendence
My soul was bereft of light and sight
It was deeply barren of will and might


Then I remembered, the words of ancient wisdom
Not to languish in loneliness and boredom
But; to rise out of the past’s aphotic abyss
And bask in the light of the future’s promise


Of volition, I rose with a toddler’s might
Baded the darkening evening a sound goodnight
Thence slowly, I descended on my couch for sopor
Till I, hopefully; shall see a new day’s glamour…


Pat Ashinze
2016

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