VI. DUSK

By Marjorie Allen Seiffert

There is no soul too poor to build a temple

Where it may go apart

And worship darkness.

For out of darkness

Images shine... and fade...

Since now there is no worship nor any music,

Let incense be a curved smile

On lips that remember,

And candles, notes of laughter

In empty dusk.

Above,

A coloured window slowly turns

Black to the night.