In Shadows Streetlights Cannot Lift Poem by Lazarus Knix

In shadows streetlights cannot lift,
Where shape is garbed by silhouettes,
The treetops tremble, bend, and twist.

Tabby cats tussle and hiss,
Ravens eye their mute footsteps,
In shadows streetlights cannot lift.

And where the moon and darkness kiss,
Twilight soars, but higher yet-
The treetops tremble, bend and twist.

Grass blades shiver in the mist,
Tantalized by wind’s onset,
In shadows streetlights cannot lift.

Nightfall alone, ego dismissed-
And as I kneel to repent,
The treetops tremble, bend and twist.

Day may be lax, but dark insists,
And abyss is always most content-
In shadows street lights cannot lift-
The treetops tremble, bend and twist.