Darkness Blackens
Say it simply
or not at all
The truth uncovered
in brief recall
Too often masked
in verbiage strewn
Whose darkness blackens
— a sunless noon
(The New Room: January, 2026)
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Abstract meditation on truth and language, grounded in personal moment.
Multiple layered ideas compressed into 6 lines; dense but not overwhelming.
Negative tone; darkness, masking, sunless imagery dominate.
Moderate tension from fragmented syntax and dark imagery.
Micro poem; 6 lines total.
Rich metaphor of darkness/sunless noon; personification of verbiage.
Pure lyric internal reflection on language and truth.
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