Friday, January 06, 2006

It is late.

It is late, I say,
And I don’t mean the time of day.

Though darkness is visible as I write,
And the windows rattle in their panes
As they do only at night.

It is late beyond the ability
of any clock to tick or tock.

It is well past bedtime
In the long dark night of the soul.

It is late and the wind that blows
Does so from unknown poles.

This night unfolds around me, vast
And void and echoing with the silent Reverberation
Of galaxies in collision.

The stars know what time it is
And, flickering, tell me
I must make a decision.

Do I Burn as they do in spite of time,
Shards of glory luminous and sublime?

Or sputter and cough
And go blindly off, unaware
Who my relations really are:

The dust at my feet,
My brothers the stars.

It is late, as I’ve said, and I really ought to be in bed.



- Richard Cody, 2006 -

6 comments:

S.L. Corsua said...

It is late beyond the ability
of any clock to tick or tock.

It is well past bedtime
In the long dark night of the soul.


Beautiful, very beautiful. Ah, I am rendered mesmerized. ^_^

This night unfolds around me, vast
And void and echoing with the silent Reverberation
Of galaxies in collision.


... my favorite stanza here. I could feel the wide expanse above, below, everywhere around me. And it is indeed exhilarating.

Thank you for such an engaging read. ^_^

Richard Cody said...

Soulless,

I'm glad that you found something in this piece to engage you. Glad that you enjoyed it. Glad that it's done. The opening lines of this piece haunted my head for years, literally. There may, in fact, be some fragments or variants of the opening lines floating around past entries in this blog. Ah, but this is the final form and, again, Im glad you enjoyed it.

Scarlet said...

Your repetitive line of It is late is effective and drives home the message. Towards the end,I feel like I am floating in the galaxy ~

Nice to meet you ~

Richard Cody said...

Thanks for reading, and floating, Heaven.

Nice to meet you also!

Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barry said...

very vibrant lines on night imagery.

Richard Cody said...

Thanks, Morning. I love the night.