Voice in the Light

When the light from stars speaks, will you be listening?

Voice in the Light

Down the heavens, thru the clouds,
across the winds that churn the night,
the velvet darkness pins the sky
with stars of a silvern light.

At a gallop in the dark, the light rays come,
first the fast, then behind come the slow.
They both reach the eyes at slight different times
and a Twinkle is their impacts aglow.

In that blink, some men see their last Hope.
In that flash, some men hear their Faith
and a dim corner shows my old Courage lost
now lit by this messenger of Space.

And it seems that the Infinite is speaking
to me, Man the infinitely small,
that we are both the ends of a cosmic circle
not touching but embracing us all

and the unmeasured distance between us
is the breath of a heartbeat’s sigh
winged with a Voice from the velvet darkness
locked in the twinkling of an eye.

And in the silent and echoless vast uncertain
dim of some darkened night
when one star blinks and jumps great distance
straddled to a cosmic light
that hurtles the blackness of a million midnights
whose span is a chasmed sea,
If you listen for the light, in the twinkling of an eye,
it will speak to the dark in thee.

Namyh

Reviews

[SSKaitlyn]

That first small para caught my interest like honey catches a fly. As a whole the piece is well written, with a wonderful imagination and metaphors. I'm a sucker for those, and appreciate any I can enjoy. And boy, did I enjoy that.

You should definitely be proud of this. Thank you for the pleasure of the read.

[Namyh]

SSKaitlyn - Lighting up the cosmos of the universe, that's child's play. But lightning up the cosmos of a reader's mind, that's a miracle. And lighting up the cosmos of the poet's mind with your comments, that's divinely reverential. Ahh Shucks! Now you got me feelin' all godly and everything. Thanks SSK. Namyh
P.S. - Now where's that magic wand of mine? And who moved my thunderbolts? And where's that new throne I ordered weeks ago? Lol

[ArtisticVisions]

I really enjoyed reading, your rhymes always flow so smoothly. Now I can't wait until nighttime.

[Anthony (aka Mr.e)]

Deep and dark with a strong ending light of inspiration, nice work!

[C_theSurrealist]

I love the use of nature to your poem. It adds up a harmony to its meaning. It's wonderful piece. Keep writing!

[Namyh]

C__theSurrealist - Those twinkling stars seem to beckon us with their mystery and beauty. It’ll bring out the poet in ya everytime and I'll keep writing. Mighty proud you loved the nature and harmony found in this piece and thanks for stopping in. Namyh

[Aquestra]

This is a great poem. I love the allusions that you have used throughout.

[Namyh]

Aquestra - So happy to inject some "allusions" into your day. When others look into our poetic windows, each sees what fits best. From it, we gain some insight that is hopefully of value and also we impart to the author the value that it was felt and enjoyed.
Thanks for yours Aquestra. Love that name. Namyh

[Tony Jordan]

I think we HAVE to listen, for their past is our future.
Nice thought stirring piece Namyh

[Namyh]

Tony - The learned say that when stars die they explode the very elements which make up each of us. We are stardust actually. Their past is our present. Now that can mess with your head. Makes this old poet smile that this stirred your thoughts. Namyh

[Lilia]

Wow! That was beautifully written, it reminded me of a galaxy, how the words just swirled around. Wonderful vocabulary, keep writing!

[Namyh]

Lilia - We live on a tiny planet in a small solar system tucked inside one galaxy among billions of galaxies which make up a Universe of staggering immensity and which cannot confine the imagination of our human species. Kinda glad to be a member and thanks for swirling over this way Lilia. Namyh

[Matthew Kult]

Marvelously yet darkly romantic

Great Read

Matthew

[Namyh]

Matthew - Somewhere between the infinitely large and the infinitely small is us. We have been fascinated with the stars when we couldn’t explain them and equally fascinated with them when we could. Perhaps it’s that darkness, that emptiness of the night that compels us to seek explanations or even impute our own for its void and vastness and which may make us think we’re all alone in the Universe when maybe there is indeed a "darkly romantic" thought that maybe we’re only just far, far, far away. Whoa! Now there’s a mind bender for you. Hope this puts a smile on ya and thanks a heap for stoppin’ in to enjoy. Namyh