One day I will give my full attention
to the twilight
I will discover exactly when it begins
and attend to its each second’s state
they’ll be no single degree of change
I’ll miss

Impossible, I know

This afternoon I saw it
far-distant
travelling south east
a soft gloom
a far-away gloaming
I thought I’d stand at my third floor eyrie
and watch it advance
with all the concentration
I could muster.

I couldn’t – muster the concentration

such was its imperceptibly changing light
triggering memory’s way with things
I was compassed about with thoughts
of her tenderness

with her gentle voice just sounding
as the dusk deepened
she bade me share love’s deepest kiss

I know how much this means to you she said
I did know then
and as twilight falls into night
I do know now I do