13 November 2025

13.11.2025: "The Emissary"

The obstreperous white of 

Cranes' wings in flight

Strike the battleship-steel-grey sky, and 

Slash the seamless, fog-drawn dawn;

A brilliance, bright as 

Summer's Sun


All calls to mind, how even now,  

In dark'st November, 

When torpor pulls 

Me back to slumber—  

The refuge of dreams, 

(When all of mine have 

Come undone,)


It's neither time to 

Give in, nor give up, 

With promises waiting, like 

Bulbs 'neath the frost

If only I can just hold on 

Through interminable Winter's stark, 

As day succeeds night, the Spring will dawn

Only new light can vanquish old dark.




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