These are Night-thoughts...

 

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"These are night-thoughts; the daylight will wash them away".

 ~From Lark-rise to Candleford~

Charmed, I suppose by blue and rose

Of morning, noon and twilight brush

A cage of bone can hold its own

The heart a Brave in living’s rush

But then, oh then the midnight pen

Reveals what daylight washes far

When I am sage with age again

And never wondering where you are…

Spoiled, I guess, by love’s caress

I could ask for nothing more

The heart can hold both gray and gold

As daylight seals that private door

But oh, the night, when all is quiet

Unbars the gate of good intent

Before the day when soft I say

I never wonder where you went…

Yes, yes, I know, the ebb and flow

Of dawn to dusk to dawn must be

The thoughts that ride its moment-tide

Are at the mercy of its sea

And I am just a girl at heart

The night has no respect for years

Thought spills unhindered in the dark

That in the daylight disappears…

Janet~