Sonnet of Light
you stand in the open doorway
the sun rests in the oaks on the horizon
see the song of descent rising from evening’s ground
you have become the night itself
to my eyes blinded by the sun
you are shadow thick and sweet
around you is an aura of stars from early dusk
brighter and brighter they glow
your shadow casts itself in two along the bleached wall
splintered and shattered
the light has split you open
and spills out upon me
Pamela Olson, 10/31/09
Inspired from a scene on “No Country for Old Men”
and a line by Hafiz.
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