In The Twilight Not Yet Dark

In The Twilight Not Yet Dark

In the twilight not yet dark
Leafless trees stand in the park
Gone the robin and the lark
From the landscape gray and stark
Thinking I of summer's heat
Of life's sweet flowers there to meet
The smiles which together greet
Carried 'long on unshod feet.
Though the time be lone and cold
The warmth is clear which I behold
As this twilight does unfold
And can't be either bought or sold.
And what I feel in the heart of me
Was always as in the start so free
In passion clear for all to see
Truer than mountain rock or tree.
So thankful I am for the lily fair
Who had so much for me to share
And shaded eye from noontime glare
And cleared from twilight its despair.
So if it be soon I disembark
The ship that brought me to the park
Know that ne'er I'll loose the spark
In this twilight not yet dark..

Michael Bahm

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