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The Meaning of the Night
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"...this is when we grow / When the silence can teach / As we are still and know"


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The Meaning of the Night

 

At the close of the day

When the door of the night

Opens to the unknown

Illusions fall away

Fade softly with the light

And we are left alone

To sit before a plate

Of things to think about

So much to contemplate

Hope for...  dream of...  and doubt

 

We try to penetrate

The riddle of it all

The mystery of fate

And end up feeling small

Yet this is when we grow

When the silence can teach

As we are still and know

And unselfconscious reach

With no one to impress

What light hides from our eyes

 

And thus blessed then we bless

When from the dark we rise

 

+Steven Curtis Lance

 

 

 

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 Reviews of "The Meaning of the Night"
Reviewed by L. Figgins
Reviewed on June 17, 2006
Beautiful, Steven! Yes, Miss Defy, and some would say we should be satisfied with what's on our plates. I suppose there is a comfort in that...

Lin

Reviewed by Chrissy McVay
Reviewed on June 16, 2006
Wonderful prose... photo makes your eyes spin if you look at it long.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on June 16, 2006
"We try to penetrate
The riddle of it all"

So true, my friend; if we are not too afraid to go there. Your poetry is always so compelling and engaging and so very meaningful, Steive. All I can say is thank you. I am humbly honored for your comments on my weekly "poem." Unlike you, words to "put on the page" don't come easily to me. I am grateful for your being willing to comment and I value your friendship. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on June 16, 2006
This is defiantely a change from your usual but it is deliciously well served up and easy to swallow, a great work here my friend.

Fee


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