Thursday, December 5, 2024

Twilight

The twilight appeared slowly

with the announcement of the night 

not far away as the streetlights

hummed, their soft gaze adjusting 

to the fading of the day.  For a moment,

that never-never land of in-between

felt real as if a dream had crossed 

the border with that slight fear of dreams

becoming real.  “For a moment,”

that phrase that teases, tries to seduce 

time and place and feelings echoing off 

the streets and buildings and traffic lights

as if the next moment would hesitate its 

arrival.  I turned the headlights on, twilight

nearly gone, night coming on, the village

in the rear-view mirror.


-Byron Hoot

https://www.facebook.com/hootnhowlpoetry/

1 comment:

  1. i enjoyed walking through the "neverland of in-between". You have quite the gift for taking the reader to these sacred places.

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