“No darker place than our thoughts, the midnight of the mind” – Dean Koontz
H awk moon hangs heavy
in the damp night sky
bulbous moist orb
punches
through a cold chromium fog
wet slivers of cloud
ooze themselves
across its face
breathing
it’s midnight
the sorrowing hour
laying bare your soul
in frail introspection
in grief of secrets
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rob kistner © 2022
Poetry at: dVerse
Love it all Rob, esp the ‘sorrowing hour
🙂
meant:
“…esp sorrowing hour and grief of secrets”
Thank you Ron, I was happy those popped into my head when they did. I have used them before in a different context.
Stunning imagery in this one, Rob, and I love the idea of a ‘sorrowing hour’.
So pleased you like it Kim — thank you! 🙂
This is stunning. “Hawk moon”—I like that.
“punches
through a cold chromium fog” … I think yours is my favorite use of “punch.”
“wet slivers of cloud
ooze themselves” … flipping fantastic
Dean Koontz was one of my first author-loves. He will always claim a piece of my heart.
Thank you so much Shawna for such kind, gracious words — I greatly appreciate them… 🙂
laying bare your soul
in frail introspection
in grief of secrets
Fantastic write!
Thank you Reena… 🙂
Oh, I love the phrase “grief of secrets.” It calls to mind those creative collective words often used for animals…”a murmuration of starlings,” “a murder of crows”…a grief of secrets.
For me De, “grief of secrets” expresses the secret world I inhabit which, in consideration for those in my current life, whom I love, a secret world of memories/feelings I can never share. As Joni put it in her song, “My Secret Place”, it’s “…a secret place, a special place…” which as she wrote, “…I (she) don’t go there with anyone…”. That is my “grief of secrets”, which I only can visit in “…frail introspection…”, careful not to reveal. It is not a painful place, but for me, rather a wonderful private secret place. It is just that I cannot, must not out of love, celebrate it with anyone else currently in my life, for any number of reasons — therein springs the bittersweet “grief”. In her song, she found someone with whom she felt she could share her secret place — but she is more bold in her personal emotional life, than I.