behindtheax

In the dog park

The other day I was looking
at
the chain link fence
and a stretch of barren ground
It was all a little bleak except for the sky
The sky was so heavy with blue
it made you think of math
or fishing boats returning home
and as I watched,
a lone lax monarch
all marigold and ebony
entered the picture
Unperturbed on fragile wings,
it proceeded across this expanse of blue
and I felt this blue made the most perfect frame
for this summer creature
which appeared somewhat
determined to sneak quietly
into autumn’s colder air
to blend in, perhaps, with
the next big thing -
a colourful congregation
of changing leaves -
in a final wish to close her wings in one
spectacular display of falling

posted by mary j. @ 11:08 AM