The Night Is Ours
and the morning
waking beside each other
sun and moon in an embrace
from horizon to horizon
proximity a measure of
darkness and light
the mere sight of one by the other
a shared light, free of shadow
I found this poem in my “Unfinished” folder, in four drafts dating from June 2020 through August 2020. I’m sure it was inspired by something I read on WordPress, but I just can’t place it. I think it makes a good counterpoint to yesterday’s poem.
Shared with Open Link Night #285: On This Day…
at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, hosted by Linda.
Image source: tattooparadise.org (edited here)
rivrvlogr 
So much good stuff comes from plumbing the Works-In-Progress File, eh? Yours is a perfect example. Nice write, Ken.
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Thanks, Ron. It’s easier to be objective with time. Maybe if I’d left some kind of note I’d know what this poem was waiting for. Maybe just to be rediscovered.
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Lovely write Ken.
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Thank you, Linda. 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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That was a goodie from the file. A nice one Ken.
Pat
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Thanks, Pat. I guess it was waiting for the right time.
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Yep, nothing before it’s time. 🙂
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This is absolutely stunning, Ken!! 😀
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🙂 Thank you!
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the compounded light of love
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Sigh.
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I love this! There is something so romantic about seeing the sun and moon in the sky together “an embrace from horizon to horizon.”
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Thank you. I remember thinking about sunrise and sunset, with the two on their respective horizons.
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Would love to find a wall hanging with that image – perhaps in a greyish clay – to add to our collection of suns and moons. Gary is a Leo. I’m a Cancer. He came with quite a few wall-hangings of suns and a couple of moons … which added to my many moons and a couple of suns yielded us a living room with a wall of suns facing a wall of moons.
This poem is a keeper, too – “shared light, free of shadow” might be the ultimate metaphor for a well-matched couple!
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Thank you, Jazz. 🙂
I found a similar graphic, added it to Hokusai’s Wave, and had it made as a 3 ft. wide banner to hang at our outdoor wedding at the Presque Isle lighthouse. It now hangs over our fireplace.
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GORGEOUS!!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you.
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It’s amazing what you can find in your ‘Unfinished’ folder, Ken, and what you can do with it – a beautiful love poem.
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🙂 Thank you, Kim.
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This is romantic, and, I would say, sexy… but sexy in a very, very loving way.
-David
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Thank you, David.
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It is a complement to the previous day’s poem, in the sense of completion. It has a satisfied, contented feel, without being complacent. A true love poem.
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Thank you, Jane. 😃
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There’s a lot of heart in your poetry, Ken.
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Ken, maybe you don’t need to know where it came from. It must be from within you. The sheer the sheer vastness and togetherness speak with
Beauty.
“ the mere sight of one by the other
a shared light, free of shadow
Miriam
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Thank you, Miriam. 🙂
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This is how it should be: a poem of true partnership.
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I like that thought. Thank you, Ingrid.
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Lovely, Ken. “a shared light, free of shadow” It is a nice compliment to the previous day’s poem.
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My kind of light. Thank you, Merril.
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You’re welcome!
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That line, from horizon to horizon captivates me, a great evocation of a glorious relationship.
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As it should be. 🙂 Thank you, Paul.
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Indeed 🙂
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Beautiful poem! “the mere sight of one by the other a shared light, free of shadow“ ☺️
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☺️ Merci!
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Your love poems always lighten my heart. (K)
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😄
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Having the soon and moon together is wonderful… also remembering is always the mirror of sunlight,
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Thank you.
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