Sunlight Waiting
Gallows Hill Park
Salem, Massachusetts
I am wholly satisfied
with the Preface, the story,
the outcome. Even now —
trembling hands turn pages,
light pours from windows,
from beneath closed doors —
the mystery that led me here.
Every innocent path weeps,
every innocent tree sighs.
Follow me here at sunset.
You — innocent and in love
with the sunlight — waiting.
About this poem
The poem was published as a part of a collection of poetry-postcards in Salem, Massachusetts, in 2017. Poets were matched with area photographers to write poems based on a series of images of public spaces in Salem.
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Written on March 01, 2017
Submitted by marcdelaney01970 on July 19, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Words | 62 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 12 |
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