The beauty of an amber sky
Belies a failure
Of political will
And the premature deaths
Of millons
The beauty of an amber sky
Belies a failure
Of political will
And the premature deaths
Of millons
The road
From where I love
To where I love
Passes through
A world I love
An Island without shoreline
Whose only boundary is infinity
The same Island that is every other being
Who has ever existed
Who will ever exist
I capture a moment
In an infinity of moments
Preserved only for so long
As time will allow
Longer than memory, perhaps
A record of my existence
I wonder
What rides the night wind
What comes on tomorrow’s tide
Will the storm subside
Or kindle anew
On this blackened shore
Lavender sun
Cobalt clouds
Canary sky
I love
That I get to bring
Such visions to life
A deep breath
In place and time
Crossing
From what was
To what will be
From the holding on
Returning
To the letting go
Three drift
Lazily
On unseen currents
And gestures of
Some subtle local breeze
Yet held fast
In approximate array
By anchor chains
Deployed to ocean floor