The Accomplice #poetry #photography #birds

 

Would I

though stunningly bright

be able to light

a starless night?

I think not

My bit

of golden shimmer

is but a glimmer

in the shadow

of morning

And yet

I keep  returning

and so the turning

of the hourglass

sets the stage

I bow

and enter, stage left

ignoring the theft

of velvet night-

by day’s light 

Cheryl Pennington

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