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Nelson's Ledge

from Roger White by Jon Hughes

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At Nelson's Ledge
I'm looking over that chasmic edge.
Autumn sunset gathers the darkness
Within.
A rustle below
I offer a stone (I say 'hello').
From nowhere, my greeting comes echoing
Home.

I feel the dusk creep in
And I feel alone again.
Nothing's been lost or won.
Nothing's been said or done.
Oh, leave me unsung.

I stand within,
A supplicant bending to the light let in.
Shining whitely–washes the granite like
Bone.
And overhead
In a fissure of sky I stand instead.
Eyes casting blank in the dark where
I've been.

Silence of dusk intones
And I am again alone.
Nothing's been lost or won.
Nothing's been said or done.
Oh, leave me unsung.

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from Roger White, released September 28, 2012

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Jon Hughes Ireland

American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Jon Hughes, has been based in Ireland since 2005. He has shared a stage with Damien Jurado, She Keeps Bees, and the legendary singer-songwriter, Buddy Mondlock.

Hughes' latest collection of songs, "Sunshine Remorse", was released in January of 2019.
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