A long winters night

I feel myself drawing in

As the night begins to fall

Shorter days, starry nights stir

What has been and gone

Laying to rest past regrets

Moving ever forward

Never still, the rhythm of life

Another ending has come

Something new begins

A chance reflection flickers

Flames glowing into the unknown

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in The Precipice, Camille’s third contemporary poetry collection. A long winters night explores the intimate stillness of seasonal change — finding in darkness, reflection, and release a quiet faith that every ending carries the first flicker of renewal.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.