“Darkness came, full of moths and beetles. I was oppressed by the velvety emptiness of the word and swathes of soft grass. Then the fumes of the night put me to sleep” (Laurie Lee, As I walked out one Midsummer morning)
My mind becomes oppressed inside the dark–
words grow legs and wings like strange balloons–
uncaptured outlines, creatures of the night,
with shadows leaving trails of lost perfumes.
I wander through the absence, the unfull,
the forest of this opposite of me–
as midnight swathes with clouds of emptiness,
my wraiths go searching for a place to sleep.
Laura at dVerse introduced us to poet Laurie Lee. She asked us to use one of his quotes as inspiration, perhaps for a quatrain with a rhyme of ABCB.
K. 
Really impressive interpretation of the prose – and a joy to read.
I wish I had written these lines especially
“words grow legs and wings like strange balloons–
uncaptured outlines, creatures of the night,
with shadows leaving trails of lost perfumes.”
thank you for taking up the LL challenge –
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Thanks Laura. I’m enjoying everyone’s interpretations.
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I like that this shows that night is not a guarantee of sleep, that it holds as much as the day, even if it is emptiness.
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Thanks Ken. Night is definitely not a guarantee of sleep around here…
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Really really like this Kerfe! Wonderfully strange… 🙂
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Thanks Rob. You captured the same feeling in your poem.
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I think what I am reading is your conjuring of “the fumes of the night” this is creepy and awesome at the same time.
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Thanks Jade. As Ken noted, night does not always bring the relief of sleep…
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You are very welcome.
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I really like your unique response paired perfectly with the artwork, K.
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Thanks Lynn. An evocative poet to inspire.
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I agree with all the comments above. I particularly like the final lines of each stanza–the trail of perfume, the wraiths. . .
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Night definitely changes the way the brain works! thanks Merril.
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