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Above The Light Of The Morning Star

from Black & White & Read All Over by Ian Whiteley

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Above The Light Of The Morning Star

Pity the dark eyed man who chases sleep.
Yet, pity more, the man who finds that realm
and dances with his friends, long gone,
then wakes to find such loneliness in his heart.

A father’s hand laid gently on his shoulder
or a mothers kiss to say farewell on leaving.
These are the magic lanterns
of the ghosts that are their ghosts.

No fear here in the dark, nocturnal traps -
just longing for their presence once again
and knowing that the waking will be cold
as a winter’s embrace upon a frozen lake.

When the tender touch of sunrise intrudes
upon the reveries of sleep
they drift away like cobwebs
on an insistent, uncaring, breeze.

The dead, alive in somnolence
that too soon slips from fingers
grasping to touch them for a moment longer
as they return to their pretty lairs.

I have met with demons in this place
but go back for the pleasure
of spending time again
with familiar angels.

And when, I too, reside in this land of dreams
and drift with those fleeting phantoms,
I will wait for you to visit me
and take comfort before the light of the morning star..


NOTE: The title is taken from the final line in William Blake’s ‘The Land Of Dreams’
Painting by Svenja Gosen

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from Black & White & Read All Over, released January 1, 2019

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