[William Robbins]

Twilight's toil
is a land
between dreams.
It is a journey
where one remembers
the intensity of light
that inspired,
but sees the world
as it wanes
in illumined expectations.
We tread the familiar arcane path
followed
by so many other steps
never sure
where it will end,
yet always
driven
ever forward
from that inner stir
of passion's fiery wind.