Light and Its Absence

Watching light
come through panes,
refracted by color,
suffusing a soft
glow of warmth,
a washing radiance,
reflecting particles
of dust and movement.

Watching light
fade, blocked into
clouds, cooling
the glass, its
growing absence
moving into coldness,
the air clearer
without the light.

Photograph: Dim Light by Teodoro Gruhl via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.