Pensive Radiance
A melancholy glory comes while light
Begins to dim. The sky and earth resume
Another twilight, herald of a night
Like brooding. Far too glass-like to be gloom,
The early evening glows like gentle glass
Designed to spread the slightly saddened cheer.
Despite black trees, horizons turn to brass,
A rosy brass, and try to make austere
The beauty of the bowl of burnished sky
But beauty of this type resists attempts
To polish sadness only. Joy is sly
And forces happiness. This fact pre-empts
Contagion of depression. Almost banned,
Bright sadness bows to jubilee’s command.
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2021 | DU, EV, NI, SU, TW |