Thursday, October 20, 2005

troubled sestina

recovering the pathway into light
with new beams and adjusted brilliance
casting off from polished mirrors
at low autumn angles through dry air
shadowed colder than before;
or the chance to change

which comes so seldom offers brilliance
and, winsome and papery, shyly mirrors
a troubled landscape under volcanic air
tumbled and tragic once before
underwent a movement of change
itself a doorway into light

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