Faint Darkness on the Horizon

Faint Darkness on the Horizon

It didn’t matter how brilliantly 
the sun was shining on this day
The passing laughter of children
would go unheard
Encouragement of well-wishers
received with a fake smile
Grudgingly acknowledged
with a mumbled word of thanks
That faint darkness on the horizon 
holding its position
Always present to dash hopes
and leave unfulfilled dreams
Until it was gone there would be no joy
For now it had control and ruled supreme 


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  14 comments for “Faint Darkness on the Horizon

  1. April 30, 2023 at 10:18 am

    So dark, when there is such darkness it takes times for it to go.

    • Christine Bolton
      May 1, 2023 at 9:30 am

      As with everything. Thank you ☺️

  2. April 28, 2023 at 6:51 am

    Your title is a wonderful summary of the poem, Christine. You also expressed the feeling of the poem in ‘The passing laughter of children / would go unheard’.

    • Christine Bolton
      April 28, 2023 at 1:26 pm

      Yes Kim the simple things that make us smile can often go unnoticed when we are down. 😢💔

  3. April 27, 2023 at 9:24 pm

    A very moving and evocative poem Christine

    • Christine Bolton
      April 28, 2023 at 1:21 pm

      Thank you Sadje. I was writing for the many that suffer with that darkness 💔

      • April 28, 2023 at 1:22 pm

        You’re welcome. So well written

  4. April 27, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    That is a dark spot in a day: That faint darkness on the horizon. Hope the light comes in the way. Thanks for joining OLN at dVerse.

    • Christine Bolton
      April 28, 2023 at 1:20 pm

      The light is always behind it. If only we could believe it. Thanks Grace 💕

  5. Gillena Cox
    April 27, 2023 at 5:55 pm

    “That faint darkness on the horizon
    holding its position”

    Hope it passes swiftly into new found joy
    Much💖love

    • Christine Bolton
      April 27, 2023 at 9:01 pm

      Yes Gillena. There us always a silver lining ☺️❤️

  6. April 27, 2023 at 5:40 pm

    How sombre – isn’t just the way that the darkness, however faint, can preoccupy?
    And just as quickly, thaank goodness, it can lift and release…. I hope it did.

    • Christine Bolton
      April 28, 2023 at 1:18 pm

      Yes Kathy, fortunately for me it did. I know many struggle with that lingering darkness, no matter how faint. 💕

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