Night's Contours

Night's Contours
(Tumbling Tercets)


I gaze into the night
lacking insight,
my tired psyche’s

left to wonder
even ponder
what lies beyond

this open darkness,
made more luminous
as a firefly reveals

this night’s lost contour
… or, at least what was lost to me
And still, I’m cautious

as its wings waft
the heady cologne of
evening primrose

and false promises
of peace that should be
found here in this silence





Written for Toonersworld Word Challenge
Using the words:


lacking – tired – open – cautious – firefly –
luminous – cologne – contour - wonder


© 2008 SilentDream (All rights reserved) 6/17/08

Reviews

[Gandré]

as its wings waft
the heady cologne of
evening primrose

and false promises
of peace that should be
found here in this silence-----------those lines were my favorite. They are reading like if a fresh breeze wafted through my door.....thoroughtly uplifting poem. It says that one has to listen to the stillness.

[Leo Gems]

This is a great write.. I can feel the wariness and a sense restlessness tugging inside the individual. This is in contrast to the painted picture of a peaceful night. Well done.