Midnight

by Curtis Wilson Cost



Golden light
Filtering through marred panes
Pierces the darkness
Lending little comfort
To the unknown
Little comfort
In a lonely, sleepless night

Dana



~Written for Magpie Tales
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    1. It can be... sometimes it can be peaceful as well. Thanks for stopping by!

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    1. Yes... it can also teach you some things as well. It's definitely a good time to reflect.

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  3. Your voice is so strong and gathering even more force since the summer. Wonderful.

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    1. Thank you Lara... I do believe I have grown as a poet over the past months. Thank you for taking the time to stop by!

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  4. That lonely night can be despairing ~

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    1. It definitely can be, it can be some of the hardest times. Thanks Grace!

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  5. at least it is a little comfort you know...but dang sometimes not so much....especially when feeling alone...

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  6. When alone you learn to take comfort in the simplest of things!

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  7. marred panes... there's so much mystery in those two words

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  8. What the light is filtered through makes all the difference. You have a lot in these spare lines.

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  9. soulful poem for a person alone in the dark.

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  10. Love the contrast between the dark image, the blog background ... and your words.

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  11. Those sleepless nights can be so very lonely.

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  12. Oh sad poem, but I completely understand the feeling being away from Robert for months at a time. Well done Dana.

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  13. Thanks everyone for taking the time to stop by and read my little poem! I appreciate your thoughts and always welcome advice.

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  14. Lovely Dana, without the dark there can be no light !

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  15. The reader can definitely feel this one.

    =)

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  16. Sad and beautiful, Dana.

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