Friday, March 20, 2009

The day has ended

The day has ended
and the night is spreading its shadow its moon
the moon its rictus
the rictus its shadow
the shadow its longing
the longing its bitterness
the bitterness its pain.

The day has ended
and you are leaving
leaving behind a space and a silence
the silence its noise
the noise its echo
the echo its shadow
the shadow its longing
the longing its bitterness
the bitterness its pain.

The day has ended
and the night and you are hand in hand
leaving your shadows spreading your moons
stealing my silence
the silence its place
the place its shadow
the shadow its longing
the longing its bitterness
the bitterness its pain.

2 comments:

Roxana said...

hi, kubla
I like the way the first and second stanzas unite into the third one, giving birth to this beautiful image of the night and the beloved 'hand in hand'.

Kubla Khan said...

I am glad you liked it.