Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Brian Purcell #4 In the half light







In the half light

Lost world
see
the unbreakable flight
and everyone talking
while the light
harrowing
breaks everything apart
the girl 
suffers us
to lessen grief
while others wait
slowly
to lend a hand

Matters of import
overwhelm
in the half light
of indecision
this man
hesitates
unknowing
decisive in his
unknowing

She has rested
against a desk
but nothing's happened
to make her tired
the sun has aged
in the west
the boy jumps
off the pier
serene patience
in the faces
of those who watch

And I waited for you
several times
stepped out of myself
the rains came 
to wake me
turning a corner
saw you
stretched out in the sun
like there were no days
or nights

and the sea bends
to the silver sky
and the silence
rests against me
like a woman
who has lost

someone
just out of reach


4 comments:

  1. ' and the silence
    rests against me' that is good can feel a gentle weight

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  2. I like I the last stanza where you connect the landscape to the human form.

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