Digital Paper: Is It Evening?

Is It Evening?

©Marna Blanchard, 2008

Not yet.
A mid-December amber orange sun
still glows over an incline of fog
before it's swallowed whole.
The sun descends, we say,
from our vantage as the center of the universe.
We act as if we rent the world,
stay for a time only,
spraying our scent on items,
making our faint marks
before we move on.
Now disappears in the glancing
of our last earthly instants.
That's why we cherish a beginning,
want it running on and on before it dies.
Let's stay in the middle then --
that's where change hides.
We can sway ourselves into belief
in our immunity, in the safety
of the citadel behind us and the one ahead.
Let's keep it up, no matter what the pretense,
let's hold tight with fortitude --
it's what keeps us warm.

©Lola Brown, 2008

Lola, born in Alexandria, Egypt, moved to the Bay Area when she was 18. Fell in love with writing when she attended BAWP writing seminars to improve her teaching skills, became a BAWP consultant in 1984, and continued teaching till she retired 3 years ago. Became enamored of digital photography in the last year. BFA in art from S.F. Art Institute, MA in Writing from University of S.F.

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