Mistakes, After Sunset

By lupus tenebrae

The sunset fades,
and we're
lost in shadows:

I mistake you

for an angel,
billowing in my
peripheral and you mistake

me for a man
attempting poetry,
in vain, faltering

in your line of sight.

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Published on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Day 17, of my National Poetry Month: Poem-A-Day Marathon.

Comments on "Mistakes, After Sunset"

A former member wrote: Your a talented poet. I love your style of writing. I'm in awe with the ending.
A former member wrote: I like the way you have structured this it leaves the reader with a sense of voyeurism well to me anyway cheers
On Friday, April 18, 2014, Intoxicating Delirium (275) wrote:

I love this... I kind of want more but than I don't. Perfect!