Feather by feather
Night falls
From Raven Wings of Space
Scratch by scratch
Night advances
Like Mice in the Wainscoting
Flake by flake
Night floats down
Like Soot from a Cooling Chimney
Dream by dream
Night enchants
Like a Magus weaving Spells
Hour by hour
Night glides
Like Unstopping Time
Minute by minute
Night passes
Like Sands through the Waist of an Hourglass
Stroke by stroke
Night paints
Like Rembrandt the Night Watch
Word by word
Night writes
Like a Sleepless Poet
Breath by breath
Night dies
Like a Candle at Dawn
( Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia )
On 19 Oct 2020
An allusive,evocative poem filled with startling night-centred similes.Lovely.
Thank you for your appreciation and enjoyment of the poem , Vijay Nair .
A splendidly succinct and deftly crafted existential denouement.
Thank you for your informed appreciation of the poem , Louis Kasatkin .
Crisp,laconic,lines delienate night in all its beauty
Thank you for your kind comment , Madhumathy.