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WALK IN THE RAIN

               Rain came down.  They stayed indoors in shelter from sodden sky.  Cracked window, cool entered and slow-filled the room as they listened to the sound of rain on cement patter and quieter to lawn.                 Scent of coffee filled the room as last of pot was brewed.  Tendril of vine fell beside, dark of […]

EVER-NEW

               Midday sky of rain and gray deepened colors of the spring.  Green of the lawn richened.  Fuschia-bright of redbud’s bloom paling in past its peak shaded darker in red-violet.  New leaves in break brightened in the contrast, as much yellow as green in color’s blend.  Even the white of pure-petal blossoms toned in lavender-cast. […]

MADE HOME

               Returned, he smiled of trinity and eternal sign written in sky blue, light of the sun and scents of spring in carry through window’s open; she making settle in kitchen arrange—both knowing they were home.                He loved the way of her hair in wear, natural of her face—unmade and beautiful in naturalness, light, […]

FIRST START

               I didn’t think I’d cry—but I did; one of those when eyes warm and you feel them there and dab with sleeve before they run, not continuous, but there for a time when emotion comes and needs a place to go.                Top of the second inning played right as I made it to […]

HAZE

               Yellow-gray shone in haze and signed encroach of next-wave storm in western sky.  Through clarity of window view, they smiled on haze-glow portending of to come when—like rain in sudden strike and sweep heavy from the sky—they too would become into passion of a storm: awe and overwhelming in sudden, spirited expression—released—in strong-collide of […]