Love Poem: Silent Twilight
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Written by: Abdul Malik

Silent Twilight

As the wind holds its breath
and silence slyly waits in the wings,
A domical canopy of mist 
shrouds the forlorn walkway
lighten by the solemn glow
of a solitary street lamp.

There was not a stir,
Neither the sigh of a whisper
Nor the phantom of a shadow 
As if the day was held 
on the cusp of the twilight.

An uneasy feeling permeates my being
A sense of foreboding sways my thoughts,
And a stretch of 
melancholy landscape looms ahead.

From afar, yonder
Someone calls my name, it seems
I stand and wait
holding on to a hope
A love I longed for…
Alas, never seen!


~08/13/22
~Contest: A Brian Strand Premiere Choice.