Cool air <br />Enchanting darkness <br />So quiet <br />The usual ruckus is gone <br />Curling wreaths of smoke <br />Leave traces in the night <br />Inviting <br />Miraculous <br />Translucent <br />Full of hints <br />Hidden feelings <br />Veiled thoughts <br />Hope and expectations <br />A spark from my cigarette <br />Falls down <br />A lonely light <br />In the wasteland <br />Of relentless <br />Unyielding dark <br />It persists <br />It won’t be extinguished <br />By the force of its fall <br />Such a metaphor <br />For human life <br />There is no salvation <br />No ultimate knowledge <br />But there’s such grace in trying <br />And such beauty in pain<br /><br />Dana Lamb<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-smoke/
