Darkness Fleeting

The depth of your inkwell
the breadth of your pain
where life springs eternal
again and again

To suffer the moment
in timeless refrain
releasing the freedom
removing the stain

Each diamond unpressured
betrays like the night
whose darkness is fleeting
and gone with the light

Your quill reaching deeply
for what came before
and what lives forever
—in words evermore

(The New Room: May, 2022)