what color conveys (#1)

thank you creator of hue
that in periwinkle blue

i see new hope
rising

in spite of sorrow

i saw
pink clusters of comfort
in the garden
that day

and there was
nary a way
to deny
them


"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity."
                                                            ~John Ruskin

reminded by the red rocks

i sometimes 
find it funny

that we think
we have such a twenty twenty view

of everything around us

we say to ourselves that
we have the answers

we have “their" 
number

we know the inside
scoop

but there are illusions
in life

and sometimes,
even we get
fooled

(Can you tell whether the dark rock or light rock is in front?)

*Photo taken at The Red Rocks outside of Denver.

reflecting on circles

when i see these circles
i think of
all that goes
round 
in my life

most of it good
and some of it 

not good

i think of hula hoops
(you stay in yours and i’ll
stay in mine)

truck tires
(bearing the weight of
so many goods)

and merry go rounds
that make one dizzy

the sun, the planets
the cycles of life

round and round
and round 
again

*And i also think of a passage of scripture that encompasses and brings light to all other thoughts of circles:

“I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord. He who was, and is, and is to come. “ Revelation 1:8

unadorned

i am often reminded 
by things i see

that power dwells 
in simplicity

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

considering "exposure"

squinting 
to see what is hidden
in shadows
(or underexposed)

is frustrating
at best

why not try 
overexposing

simply bring more light
into that which is
murky or gray

and i daresay

you will find a new way
of seeing

*Image taken in Minneapolis MN.

setting and rising

it was a time in her life
when the blinds were drawn
and the doors locked tight

but on sunday afternoons
she rode her bike
to the edge of town

where she watched the sun
go out of sight
and the stars appear

through the dark
of night



"I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."
                                                            ~Galileo