Figments & Fragments

Dark Time

Dark Time

Time falls back, the season turns,
blank leaves come tumbling down.
Grim nature drafts an elegy,
small creatures go to ground.

Light fades away in solstice gloom,
malefic night intrudes.
Dark shadows dance 'round firesides,
men sit alone and brood.

Cycling signs of sun and moon
writ large across the earth,
mark the ifs and oughts and mights
that chafe twixt death and birth.

Author's note: ▶︎

Written for the December 2023 round of:

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The Solstice Poetry Contest  (ASR) With the Solstices coming in June, let's write poetry! #2251187 by Jess is 20 on WDC!

Prompt: winter solstice

The winter solstice is the darkest time of the year.

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