Before Darkness
Before darkness
in those last,
quiet moments
when the sky is pinkest,
there is
a breath
when
winking stars
promise us
we are of them, too:
phosphorus
and
zinc
and
gold –
start dust
and star guts
so that
before the darkness
closes in
we
fill it with
starlight
and
remember where we’ve come from.
(c) R. L. Elke 2016
Final line has impact. Nice lead-in to that.
Thank you for that feedback. I wasn’t sure if it needed something after that. I felt that it didn’t. Know I know my gut was right. 🙂