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No Escape

by Venkat

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Am I a light, a child of Sun
Am I darkness, that owls guard

I am neither
I am both

I need light

Yet its clothes, of shadow
I may never escape

I give light
Yet its hood, of shadow
You may never escape

A form, am I not
Where light and the dark converge
Forever

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Posted on April 11, 2015 at 1:24 AM in Poetry, Venkat   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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2 Comments to “No Escape”

    
  1. Peter Notehelfer
    April 11, 2015 at 4:08 PM

    Astounding ‘play’ on light . . .

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