Lavender blue twilight lingers deep into Night.
Stray ducks wing low to shore, silver stars
popping in their wakes.
Time stretches out to Eternity and into the beckoning Dark Beyond
pregnant with discarnate songs of past and future Earthborn

Shirley Cravotta is a Long Island native whose work has been featured in several anthologies, as well as in Long Island Quarterly. Shirley teaches courses in Creative Writing and Yoga and is committed to developing intergenerational community through lifelong learning.