Age of Twilight

Inspired by my trip to Europe written several years later

Age of  Twilight

Scholars and dreamers gazed out

unto night's obscurity,

merely to see indigo mist

rise, fall and disappear,

evasive to watchful eyes.

Speculation and yearning

overcame them as

the moon waned in

weightless play while

nighttime inched along

in anticipation of daylight.

The night's light gave reprieve

from the darkness living

in the hearts of those

without hope, compassion

and ingenuity.

Candlelight gave them sight

through sequestered nights

seeing that thoughts opened

against dim shadows that

danced in their minds.

Flickers of hope

permeated throughout

evening, reaching out and

forcing their way into

the nocturnal subconscious. 

In tandem, the cosmos

facilitate to stellar lit rooms

holding gratified minds

hung humbly to find

a world of truth, desire,

passion and civility.

A world where all men

touched by enlightenment

exist and move with the desire

to share their intellect

and knowledge.

While the quills are wet

and sharply moving,

dialogue and diction

become records and

scored for point and time.

The moon and candle nights

prevail to close the gap

reaching and entering

dark cracks in measure.

As faint minds heed along with vigor ,

they bind judgment

necessary to lay down.

Those lasting dance

among the many

candles amassed,

feeding generations,

sons and daughters,

by the fire given to man.