Eclipses -- Fourth Contact

And where you find it, once again

And then, just light again

And then, alone again

Temporary refuse among the hidden stars

Sheets of blue, sheets of white

Mildewed to an aged pink

'Till charred by the encroaching edges

Of both the uncertainty

And inevitability of midnight




The fleeting moments, the ever-expending remnants 

Of the temporary age

Light to hide

And light to survive

Enough, to bear itself as long as it can stand

Itself, estranged from the darkness whence it came

That from within---gave it its name



Forever chasing each other

Forever longing one another

Forever losing that faint memory

In which they once were

Simultaneous, harmonious

The bonds of light and shadow

In brilliance, in coalescence 

With one another

As they reveal ancient secrets

And conceal new mysteries

Sealed between the thin firmament 

Holding them both

That single ring of fire

That shadow of a perfect sphere

And the one, the singular, borne from each



A material of duality

An embodiment of perpetuity

A flesh-made keepsake, in the meanwhile

In the time between, they remain

They shall look upon my face



And remember who they seek, once again.

Indeed, I am one—once again.

Thank you for reading.