The Long Pause

Silhouettes in the pre-dawn,

Held breath, the long pause, 

Facing the grey horizon —

An intersection:

Celestial rotations 

Fateful contemplations

Primal sensations

—

Gathering like ritual.

A spiritual 

Observance of time reborn.

How yesterday mourns:

By the heavens so fated.

Once anticipated,

Eradicated 

—

The long pause, offerings raised.

Cosmic gears unfazed.

Starry firmament retreats.

Periodic beats

Of waves in timeless motion,

Natural commotion.

Stock-still devotion

—

Silhouettes by instinct drawn,

Backlit by saffron 

Shimmering harbinger sea.

Singularity —

Point of inf’nite gravity.

Yearning for clarity,

Possibilities.

—

The Break. Silhouettes shiver.

A crimson sliver 

Turned silver disc. Breath released,

And the long pause ceased.

Benediction: cliched tropes

Help the silhouettes cope

Ephemeral hopes