Partners in Poetry--By Gert Knop--Germany & Jack Horne--England

The Shadows of the Night

By Gert Knop--Germany & Jack Horne--England

The shadows of the night,

fall on me like autumnal leaves,

forgotten in the wind,

lost like

snow breeze in the evening

Memories of the day,

captured

in the network of thoughts,

lost in the invisible,

blur with the shadows of the night

into nowhere

Between the days

lies hope

as dew on the meadows.

Future times,

uncertain

like the memory,

lose themselves

between wind and clouds

This sleepless night,

the clock ticks

like your heartbeat

on nights long gone

when I lay in your arms.

You chased the nightmares

into shadows;

and turned the shadows

into beautiful moonlit dreams.

I walk the room,

wipe the windowpane,

and wonder if you too

watch the moon and stars -

and if you think of me tonight...

...just for a heartbeat.