Richard Doiron

 

Richard Doiron

 

Midnight Moments

 

In the darkness, long before the dawn,

I struggle between wakefulness and sleep,

for, you see, in these midnight moments,

it is here that my mettle is best known.

 

We are made to bend, and the keeper

of the keys allots us freedom, else bars

us from slumber. There is more, much more

than metaphor, in the barring of that door.

 

Daylight will come, like the beaver breaking

through the surface of the pond, wherein he

has created his lodge, his perimeters, his

boundaries, awake and aware, forever

 

eager it seems, if his is an eagerness

I may hardly recognize in myself, here,

alone, in these midnight moments,

hindered by both darkness and doubt.

 

 

Midnight At The Oasis

 

After a seemingly endless journey

across the indomitable desert of life,

here I am at the crossroads of day

and night, of sanity and sorrow,

of willfulness and want.

 

To my good fortune, life has placed

before me an oasis, whereat I might

rest my weary frame, contemplate

my fancies and my fears, come to

grips with my losses and my gains.

 

But something daunting and disturbing

yet appears in those dark moments, when

midnight descends on the oasis and there

are so few stars seen shedding light in

the heaven of my understanding.

 

 

Midnight Musings

 

What is it that my heart longs after

and my mind seeks to resolve,

when the clock strikes midnight?

 

Was there not sufficient seeking

when the sun shone, resplendent,

availing me the light of day?

 

What is it that I might possibly find

in the darkest hour, when caught

in-between the shadow and the light?

 

Must I forever be troubled, at such an

ungodly hour, as a truant child might be,

his allowance in jeopardy, when locking

horns with the man of the house?

 

RICHARD DOIRON

 

RICHARD DOIRON, New Brunswick, Canada. Poetry published 50 years. Estimated poems published 1000. Work has appeared in personal books, periodicals, and anthologies; has read at local, national, and international festivals; winner of numerous awards at international level. Profiled widely in media, print, radio, and television. Recorded lyricist, English & French. Background in journalism, Lifeskills Coaching, and sports.