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
A gorgeous live performance of “A Scarcity of Miracles” by King Crimson.
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!
Thank you Kim, so very pleased you enjoyed this… 🙂
The unwind, shutdown, processing … all of it required living.
Yes it is Helen, and those that are best at it live the most effective lives… 🙂
Really liked this. I could so visualize a moment like this. Good choice of image for it, too.
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?
Such calm in this one. Beautiful, just what I needed after a hectic day. I love your use of colors in the story, it adds to the serene tone. Great work!
Thank you so much Miriam… 🙂
I love the descriptive language of the first part.
Thank you Björn… 🙂
Your story pulls the reader into a tranquil place. One can feel the calmness of the breath of the prosery.
So pleased you enjoyed it True. Thank you for your kind words mu friend… 🙂
A wonderful calm postmortem of the day just done. You wrote the whole piece so eloquently. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you so much Catol… 🙂
I really love the description you’ve used here as well. Good job.??????????
Thank you Melissa… 🙂