Twilight Blues


Original digital realistic art: “Twilight Blues” by: rob kistner © 8/14/23

 
T raffic holding its breath, sky a tense diaphragm, dead calm envelops me as nothing moves on the bridge beyond. A damp vespered fog, adrift on the water, wraps ’round me like a cool blanket. It muffles even the sparse sounds of twilight’s industry, as if the whole world is held at pause, anticipating night.

Standing, watching the current, I am alone with my thoughts, enshrouded in a peaceful privacy. There is an abiding sense of safe anonymity. Secure in this emotional shelter, the regrets of this day dim and fade into the mist.

Was what was said too much, or was it too little, leaving the moment unpunctuated, lost in the amorphous blue-grey of personal misinterpretation. No matter, it truly is water under the bridge.

I sigh. This brief sanctuary is a soothing balm, so welcome at the end of this most eventful day.


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rob kistner © 8/14/23
Poetry at: dVerse

 
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16 thoughts on “Twilight Blues”

  1. This is such a descriptive piece, Rob! I especially enjoyed the ‘damp vespered fog, adrift on the water’ that ‘muffles even the sparse sounds of twilight’s industry’ – I was there on the bridge!

    1. I created a number of near-misses on the image here Ginny, until I got my code prompts focused and in line with the extrapolation bot. Finaly I was able to create this well-focused visual piece of digital art, which I agree with you, wonderfully re-expresses, embellishes, and supportd my poem here. Some of my first efforts to create this image were a hoot. Perhaps I will share them at the bottom here?

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