Sunday, August 29, 2010

Long Shadows (death of a day)

Late in the day

just before the sun

moves into it’s hiding

place, a long shadow,

a very long shadow,

strikes a fleeting pose

on all of what I know

as today.

It seems as if the covers

are slowly being closed

on the final chapter

of some mysterious novel,

bearing the nostalgic,

but faint, scent,

of carnations.

-Joy S. Barefoot

(Inspired by a very dear friend, who, in a short period of time,

taught me much about living. Thanks, Jeanne.)

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