YOU who have seen across the star-decked skies The long white arms of searchlights slowly sweep, Have you imagined what it is to creep High in the darkness, cold and terror-wise, For ever looked for by those cruel eyes Which search with far-flung beams the shadowy deep, And near the wings unending vigil keep To haunt the lonely airman as he flies? Have you imagined what it is to know That if @3one@1 finds you @3all@1 their fierce desire To see you fall will dog you as you go, High in a sea of light and bursting fire, Like some small bird, lit up and blinding white, Which slowly moves across the shell-torn night? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEDIOCRITY IN LOVE REJECTED by THOMAS CAREW THE SAILOR TO HIS PARROT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE AMERICAN FLAG by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE THE PHILOSOPHER TOAD by REBECCA S. REED NICHOLS HYMN: 32. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST by CHRISTOPHER SMART |