Literature
In the Lamplight
In the Lamplight
People observe changes, in varying
degrees and complexities: Whether
its the movement of clouds in the sky,
the sliding shadow at their feet,
the changing filaments of light
as the day becomes the night, but
it's all the more acute when you're alone.
Sitting on a bench in the silent
darkness, looking up in vain at
a starless sky, fighting desperately
to keep that tear from your eye,
the only thing that dares shed a
light of hope is a lamp, which
illuminates you like a searchlight.
What message is it really trying
to convey? Here sits a solitary soul
who has lost their way? Hear lies
a heart in tumult destine