New Light

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    New Light

    I heard a whisper which shattered the silence,

    I saw a light in the pitch night,

    I felt a flicker of fire against my cool cheek,

    I could taste a smile I had forgotten,

    And smelt the new spring air in winter.

    *

    You were the voice in my ear, and I sighed,

    You were the candle as I slept, and I dreamed,

    You were the arms which held me as I sobbed,

    You were the sweet nothings I kept close,

    You were the new dawn after the sun died.

    *

    I had surrendered and succumb,

    I was afloat and lost,

    You had surrendered and overcome,

    Drifted and come home...

    We were birds of a feather,

    Dancing different steps to the same waltz,

    A discordant harmony,

    Disjointed and identical. 

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    DrewMcNee commented on New Light

    05-21-2010

    Wonderful last two lines! Consider changing the title of the piece so as to not to preempt the delight in finding them.
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    Narrator

    05/21/2010

    Thank you very much! I did struggle with the title... the previous one was too unrelated and this one, as you say, sort of spoils the ending...

    To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

    Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

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