When There's No Light

By lupus tenebrae

One by one, the streetlights
flicker, then die

as a lone willow bends
in disheveled ways

and a stray cat bemoans
its solitude, pleading

for a warm bed and
an open heart.

I sigh in resignation, then return
my crestfallen vision

to the cosmos, hoping
that somewhere, someone

is looking in my
direction.

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Copyright 2014 lupus tenebrae
Published on Tuesday, April 22, 2014.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Day 22, of my National Poetry Month: Poem-A-Day Marathon.
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  • Phalanx On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Phalanx (628)By person wrote:

    Wander and wonder on. It's this strange mythology of self that keeps us alive and seeking. An honest and beautiful work.

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