A Birthday Poem.

The night moves
ever onwards.

Dark.
Darkness.

We fold ourselves
into this embrace.
We melt
into each other
until the dawn breaks.

Then we become
light.

G. K. Allum

G. K. Allum is the founder of Ink & Ribbon Press, a nonprofit poetry publisher dedicated to craft, discovery, and the permanence of the printed word. A poet, photographer, and growth strategist, he brings two decades of creative and marketing experience to his work in the literary arts. He lives on Bainbridge Island with his wife, children and bengal cat.

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