Lights Poem by Grace Miller
Lights
The city has a million lights
A hundred colors
Mirrored uncountable times
In puddles of water or oil
In broken glass or glaring ice
Sparkling off of snow, shining off of windows.
Some of them flicker, some of them pulse
And some of them burn steadily night and day-
There are always lights.
The first thing I miss going home is the lights.
Home is a place where night still means darkness
In so many ways.
One light in my house always burns
But is alone in dark country all around.
But when I venture for a moment
Further into the dark,
And I lie back and look up,
There are too many lights to count.
I could call them bits of shattered ice
Diamonds
Fireflies
Whatever God is up there shining through
Tiny holes in the velvet he covers us with at night.
They’ve guided ships
Granted wishes
Emanated solace
In the belief of something bigger than us
Bigger than this
Of someone’s power and care
Of worlds and lights we don't even know.
Oh.
Dear Grace, A strong opening sequence akin to an artist's freshly painted canvas, you've drawn the reader in with such rich hues of words. 'Home is a place where night still (perhaps a double entendre?) means darkness...' in the 2nd stanza, entices one to read onward. Merely a suggestion, but the lines of 'Sparkling off of snow, shining off of windows.' might be enhanced by the omission of the 'of' word. What do you think? It's totally up to you, of course, but it just may tighten the poem up somewhat. Also, later on, if you were to change God by pluralising to gods, might drive the poem's poignancy home that much more. The conclusion is brilliant with your lines 'In the belief of something bigger than us / bigger than this.' Please grace us here at PH with so much more from your glorious heart. Supporting an Upstart Sincerely, Gregory
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5/12/2024 10:54:36 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Very intuitive. Your diction is so beautiful, you can describe things using words that I would never think of using, yet I can see everything you're describing. It's hard not to question what's really out there, what's after this...