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Nightwalk

Nightwalk

—for those who find peace in the sky at night

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Thomas Kneeland, MA, MFA
Jul 26, 2023
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silhouette of man standing on grass field under starry night
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So many unanswered questions

& so many possible answers,

yet, there is only one—light:

the abundance of or the lack thereof—

light—those stars in the sky that night 

were little lights, millions of years old.

They traveled all this way

just to see us laying here, 

untouched, ankles rinsed

with dew & I ask you

Do you know which…

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