the deep darkening
bowl of the lake
with surface sinking
from blue to black
is lost in the haze

sun once white hot
now warm orange
and bloated on the hours
of ever-ending days
sinks low and casts about
with liquid amber gaze
lifted to the coming night
lover pulling love down

the deep darkening
bowl of the lake
fills with
lost vapours
lost light
lost life
it fills with loss
it fills with the lost
to sleep and dream
of new things
in the morning bright