Sundown And Dark Lands Poem by Barry Middleton

down a green valley where spring waters flow
across the broad swamp where few ever go

I wandered till sundown in search of the truth
that hides in dark places and forever aloof

I searched in the hills and deep in the marsh
in fugitive lands where the lost path is harsh

and I found the secret the black water knew
concealed in the shade of a faraway slough

this is the journey that every man takes
from brightest sunshine to still water brakes

there in that lonely and desolate place
I whispered a prayer for the whole human race

deliver us all from the frightful regret
of sundown and dark lands we cannot forget