CORRESPONDENCE INTERRUPTED: <br />if you should stop writing now: <br /> <br />I have sat long in cold, quiet darkness, <br />Lonely but unafraid, <br />With only my memories glowing <br />Like fireflies on black velvet. <br /> <br />Without warning, on the horizon, <br />Black fades to gray; <br />Mirage-like at first and then, <br />So quickly it dazzles unused eyes: <br />A rim, a curve of light rises <br />As I face you, <br />My unexpected sunrise. <br /> <br />In joy and partly superstitious fear <br />I leap, I dance and sing: <br />Bring out my beads and shells <br />And lay them sacrificially before you. <br /> <br />Warmed by your embracing rays <br />And the heat of fervent dancing, <br />I turn to see what other offerings I have <br />For the new light of my life. <br /> <br />When back I face I see the rising stopped <br />And, as I watch with holded breath, <br />You slip without a sound back down <br />Below the darkening horizon. <br /> <br />Was my dance too crude, <br />My heart’s drum-beat too loud? <br />Were my gifts too poor <br />The words of my song too much? <br /> <br />I shall sit again in the dark silence; <br />My eyes so dazzled now <br />I cannot see my glow-worm memories, <br />And ponder your sweet, fleet mystery. <br /> <br />You made me soon unused to the cold <br />And I shiver. <br />You made me a stranger to the loneliness <br />And I am afraid.<br /><br />Roy William Gotaas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/correspondence-interrupted/
