Fading Light

Donna Freeman

October 15, 2023

Colors of twilight

gray and violet

spread over waiting shadows, 

soften the edges of day.

Landscapes lose their lure,

have dropped from sight

in the faint and fleeting light. 

Watching the sun’s surrender,  

like a changing of guards,

I am not quick to mimic her

yet must prepare for what I face. 

If I leave this place

I will go with what

I know of love.

A squirrel,

a wren,

…and a cat.

I’ll leave it at that.

Donna Freeman’s poetry has appeared in Wilderness House Literary Review, Blue Lake Review, Ocean State Poets Anthology: Giving Voice, RI Public's Radio’s “2020 Virtual Gallery" and ekphrastic exhibitions at Imago and Wickford Art Galleries. She is a retired teacher and clinical social worker.