Stardust and light

Stardust and light

Stars swirl into being
Each an arc in destiny
Now flaring , now dying
This dance of eternity

Light flows , bends , swirls
Creates a spectacle illusory
We discover ourselves,
With a glance inward, cursory

We ,these children of stardust and light .

—shubha


P.S In response to a picture prompt of Van Gogh's Starry night

Moments of the night

Moments of the night


Nights strung together

With moments tenderly gathered


Moments of unrequited longing

Moments of happy belonging


Moments of festivity, celebration

Moments of lonely suffocation


Moments of quiet, wakeful serenity

Moments of stress, unrest , resolve, gritty


Moments of sweet slumber peaceful

Moments of many dreams colorful


Or perhaps,moments strung together

Through nights, gratefully in memory, tethered.




--shubha

P.S. Happy to share this poem won second place in a fortnightly theme competition in a poetry group.

Foggy secrets

Foggy secrets

Night's secrets condense
Earth's warm lips smolder quiet
Hide passion in fog


--shubha

Night's hope

Night's hope


Night stretches endless

Renders everything colorless


Sketches stark shapes in gray

Reveals stories, unsaid during the day


Houses the ghouls of suspicion, dread,fear

Serenity of silence, dew drops' gentle tear


Yet, every night, of gain or pain

Carries in itself the next day's grain

Sleeps in the dreams,of a new days' hope

Those dreams, strewn stars, envelope

Thus I traverse this endless night

In hopes of a new day, new light

Filled with your presence, bright

--shubha

Night , the temptress

Night , the temptress

Nosegay of a heady scent swoons

In her tiara , the resplendent moon

Gown of blue velvet, star strewn

Hear the crickets, a welcome,croon

Twirls softly, pulls under her trance soon

Night, the temptress, sashays, sways

Lures to dream, to rest,a tired day

--shubha