I thought I saw the sun today. Maybe it was a trick. Yellow leaves shimmer in the cold breeze. Maybe that’s all I saw. I forgot how dark it can get here. The cold weather seems to have set in, giving very little of the much hoped for “golden October,” the last burst of … [Read More]
The Fire of our Night
All was dark. Darker than dark, the sky seemed to even swallow sound in its mass. I stood by the lit up HBO add by my bus stop, waiting for the 5:17 bus to come my way, trying to remember why I was getting up this early. It’s a holiday, right? Don’t you rest … [Read More]
Of Darkest Days and The Weight of Existence
“For what I seek is hope, a horizon for human destiny, for my own true self…” 4:31pm. That was 6 minutes ago, the official time of sunset. Dusk has made its home in the heavens. 8 hours, 17 minutes, and 45 seconds of daylight: the darkest day of the year. “…I … [Read More]