Long Shadows

There are moments
the light goes sideways.
It happens at beginnings
and at endings.

Then we see things differently;
highlights - colored golden.
Night’s haze, dew’s glory,
more visible and shining.

Not that midday harshness.
Not that intensity.
But the same source,
the same recipient.

He could be that way.
Intense in focus,
but warm, genuinely laugh,
smile like he knew something.

What do we notice
when the light grows long?
There is contrast but
shadow is more than absence.

For Harrison