The sun descends as though it bade farewell
The night comes on - How dark? - How close!
Heat lightning rims the black far mountains as we pause, blackening our path!
No flickering fireflies fly up like sparks tonight
They are gone away with the quicksilver salamanders
We walk to the sound of foot steps on gravel
In the empty air wordless and unknowing
No peeper peeps - nor breeze blows
Nothing astray in the wet grass alas
Nothing tells us except the fireflies and the salamander
There will be no stars again for us
No moon and no tomorrow
The brook that ran laughingly
In the summer meadow
Will not again flash
Nor the salamander dart
In the sunlight to it's crevice
Nor the fiery heart
Hid in the opal
Suddenly appear
Nor your smile cleave the dusk
Thus our final walk together
And beyond nothing- nothing beyond at all
Excellent use of words to produce immagery, A pleasure to read, Isabelle
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Images that have used to great effect. Thanks.