Sunken Garden Sunset
Raeff



A vast expanse of sky and space,

ever spiralling deep within,

on leaded grass, the moonlight shines

and shows what will be, and what was.

Night approaches, darkness settles;

city noises reach crescendo.

As the degrees drop, and then dive

So movement shatters and subsides.

A blanket of soot beneath dew

descends from high: an empty place.

The glowing embers dying west;

at the north side is freezing mud.

Red points yonder among the clouds

brace a tower lest it should fall.

The deep thrummings of passing crafts

Now echo, and then re-echo.

Pollen flies where only winds know,

I breathe you in and let you go.