what the light brings

is danger explosive

mildly reclusive

humor intrusive

witness pervasive

darkness refusing

smartness soon losing

freedom gone grooving

excuses for grooming

what the light brings

is outline of small things

like links to a bird wing

the slide of a snail’s singing

a drunken poets refrain

what the light brings

is parent and none

child and the gone

husband and the won

preserved and the forlorn

how can I be happy and sad

at the same time

like the light and the dark

in the same room

how can I drink the wine

that means body and blood

that lifts to the moon

what the light brings

is forgiveness to forget

stumble with promise

you have not yet met

smirk without guilt

light knows no regret