“Way Out” © Digby Beaumont

 

Where Once Blue Midnight Burns

Where once blue midnight burns, what then for babes midscream?
In dreams, they clutch at stars now far beyond their gleam.
The night’s cold lullaby, where shadows dance unseen.

The moon, a silent witness to the quiet, keening theme,
Whispers through the willows, a soft and silver stream.
Where once blue midnight burns, what then for babes midscream?

The sky, a tapestry of wishes and of dream,
Holds tight the secrets of the heart, a vault supreme.
The night’s cold lullaby, where shadows dance unseen.

What tales will be told of the light that once did beam,
When innocence was cradled in the arms of esteem?
Where once blue midnight burns, what then for babes midscream?

The stars, like sentinels, their steady gazes deem
To guard the slumbering youth from the world’s harsh regime.
The night’s cold lullaby, where shadows dance unseen.

So sing the babes a song of time, a flowing ream,
And rock them gently ‘neath the midnight’s azure seam.
Where once blue midnight burns, what then for babes midscream?
The night’s cold lullaby, where shadows dance unseen.

 

Jim Bellamy was born in a storm in 1972. He studied hard and sat entrance exams for Oxford University. Jim has a fine frenzy for poetry and has written in excess of 22,000 poems. Jim adores the art of poetry. He lives for prosody.

Digby Beaumont is a self-taught artist. His artwork has been widely published in collaboration with writers of fiction, poetry and music. His subjects include portraits, figures, urban scenes and still lifes. His main interest is to convey something of the subject’s emotional world. His pictures sometimes suggest elements of a story. He uses techniques of acrylic painting, pen and ink drawing, screen printing and mixed media. Digby is also a widely-published writer. His stories and poetry have appeared in more than 100 magazines and anthologies, including The Best Small Fictions. Previously, as a textbook author, he had numerous publications, including international best sellers.