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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILHOUETTES, by ALICE ROOP
First Line: The day is done
Last Line: Of remaining rays of hope.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: The day is done
Last Line: Of remaining rays of hope.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
The day is done.
The sun sinks in the west,
With oncoming night
Revealing in outline strong and dark,
Hilltop, bush, and tree,
Each in true perspective,
Clearcut and real,
Illuminating their black silhouettes
Along the horizon,
Against the last lingering radiance
Of a low-lying strip of crimson sky.
Life's day is over.
As inevitably it goes
In that receding light,
Tragedies of fate, stark and grim,
Rimmed with doubt and despair,
Stand out in sharp relief
Against the shining after-glow
Of remaining rays of hope.
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