Lessons of Darkness

This is the work of darkness – not

just night – but that other lacking time

when light is unseen. It is chiaroscuro.

Without art. Under an arch of lamentation,

these three days have been midnight unmoving.

 

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Astronomer by Candlelight by Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613 – 1675) with a touch of modern technology