Up leapt the light

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Photo by Richard Fogg

I thought the darkness would not yield,


Glooming the sun-forgotten sky,


‘Till pulsing, surging glows revealed


A far-off burning,—home or field,


Up flung the light. Oh whence? O why?


 


I thought forgetfulness had spread


A Lethean gloom athwart one sky,


‘Till memory’s light crept warmly red


From flame I deemed in ashes dead.


Up leapt the light. Oh whence? Oh why?



~ Ruby Archer.