Borrowed light

*Picture is my own. Turned into a silhouette with AI*

the silhouette of my body
is a quiet shoreline at dusk
all curve and hush
outlined in borrowed light

it does not need to be seen
it simply stands
a dark bloom against the evening
soft thunder held in stillness

my shoulders are small horizons
my hips a slow question
the night leans in to answer

in shadow 
I am less detail
more feeling
a whisper shaped like a woman
a flame without flame
a story told only in outline

and somehow
in the absence of light
I become entirely myself

9 thoughts on “Borrowed light

  1. This poem is again, another really well written piece. It’s the last thing I’m reading before going to sleep, and the lines “in shadow I am less detail// a whisper shaped like a woman” are good ones to accompany me to sleep ❤

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