From the Darkness by Michael Keshigian

He is in daylight without end

amid the glimmering blue, 

wearing a black suit that forms a shadow

against the white cumulus backdrop,

against hands that touch his arm.

He rides down streets

shrouded with purple maple trees

in this day with no end,

sauntering through traffic,

around one corner toward the next,

his shadow cast upon places

he once visited, against the house,

formerly his home, on his way

to a place where others await.

He has traveled through an immense light,

a quiet light that guided him

over unfamiliar terrain

toward this day without end,

in this suit against which

the moon and stars might rest,

one the sun will eventually bleach

to a pure sheen when he joins 

those others in that room

as they acknowledge his arrival,

whispering how the sun

is no more than a vehicle,

that his momentary stay on earth

will dissipate and his forever

will be sealed with a song,

that this departure releases him

from the constraints of the body,

that his ash, now dispersed,

is merely symbolic 

to the disintegration of night.

Michael Keshigian from New Hampshire will have his twelfth poetry collection, Into The Light, released in April, 2017 by Flutter Press. He has been widely published in numerous national and international journals and has appeared as feature writer in over a twenty publications with 6 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. (michaelkeshigian.com)