SHADE
OF AFTERNOON
This
short poem goes from the bluish shade on the hills to the darkness
and night and sleep. Of course, night follows afternoon but it is
interesting to note that the original character for yin meant the
shady side of a hill (yin and yang being the complementary but
interrelated polarities of existence in Chinese philosophy). Full
forms semantically specify yin 陰
"shady/dark
side of a hill" and yang 陽
"sunny/light
side of a hill"-Wikipedia. So
as well as the "yang" of day, light, activity,
we need the yin of night, dark and rest.
SHADE OF AFTERNOON
As the sun sinks low
Trees and bushes throw
Patterns of shade
Over the hills.
In the shadows colours fade
Into a deeper hue,
Details merge with darkened blue,
Like the coming night that fills
Life with waves of darkness- silent, deep;
Eyes with seas of stars and sleep.
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