Monday, January 24, 2011

North Light

soft enough for naked eyes
gently suffusing without penetrating

never bright enough to burn
creating shadows, but indistinctly

indirect, yet with great influence
nurturing but not through outer strength

safe and good for pregnant mothers
stroking fondly all their children

fair with any given color
obscuring lines and blending shades

neither hopeless nor full of warmth
filling spaces without shining

where calm silence finds its home
harboring simple quiet patience

shadowed refuge from the heat
teasing images from vaguest forms

washed to blue by December
providing hints of untold stories

pallid background for depression
casting shadows on dying faces

though always there for a canvas
supporting fully only faintest hope

created without morning rays
leaving soonest with the twilight

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