Friday, February 7, 2020

Some pale version (Day 1114)


When you come   desperate

for answers   for comfort

is it gold you want   or tea

or beautiful words

artfully arranged 

in columns    against 

a backdrop of new-fallen snow   

is it a performance   lavishly 

staged   tragic and wise

when you come   do you mean

to go   sheltering in the nighttime

scents of a moss-hung forest or 

diving below foam-crested waves

far beyond the point   desperate 

for answers   do you seek 

truth   or some pale version

masquerading as the morning mist


(c) 2020 by Hannah Six

Image: Brocken Inaglory (CC BY-SA 3.0)

via Wikimedia Commons

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