Against A Navy Sky

A Lantern Light Poem

By Gabriel HuizengaPublished 11 months ago • 1 min read

Place me again in the backseat, which lilted like a song;

Through squinted lashes, nothing, those nights, was wrong.

Face me, nine or ten, towards a blinking stoplight, near,

who is set calm against a navy sky;

whose glow turns cruciform - set on high -

who forms for me a kind of lantern in my eye.

Oh, old lantern in my young eye, find me here.

Place me again in the backseat, which hummed away night's fear;

through a breath-fogged windshield, nothing, this eve, is clear.

Bring me, now as then, towards a blinking stoplight, nigh,

who is set calm amidst a neon throng;

whose color lasts a night - a life - long;

who finds me again in my mind's eye, strong.

Oh, find me again, kind lantern in my eye!

Twas for love of words that I first joined this site:

Poetry, especially, and dear short stories too;

For to live one's best is to read, and to write!

So find me in words here, and I'll find you 💙

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