Eclipse: A Meditation
April 2024
By Mark FrancisPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read

(Image by the author.)
even through this shape-shifting spring–
cloudy, bright, mild, full of storms, blooms–could I
look once clearly at us and
in the shortest interval
perceive all bodies, our bodies, as one,
shadows dancing in deep tango with the light,
even then, might I come back gone blind to it?
About the Creator
Mark Francis
Published translator of verse and original writer of haiku, senryu, lyric, occasional and genre poetry and speculative fiction.
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"shadows dancing in deep tango with the light" - beautifully written. Well done!
Great job congratulations 🎉🎉🎉