a most delightfully dimming sunset sits
magnificently a top
my latest gripping muse
eclipsing why even that of childhood's
promise
with but a nearly forgotten rainbow's
hues
while the giant greens over head
gloriously glitter
as if thoroughly amused
a wealth of words is unmasked
as the blues dance dreamily about
as if to some silent haunting tune
one to which
the ruffled reds
youthful yellows
and daring oranges
unregrettably choose
to not so secretly fall in love to
and so very merry
at such joyous moment
is the giddily tucked away
milky white moon
so you see
I have come to live
so to generously share
the finer essence
of mine magical present
with the sleepier shades of a none
too distant yet
inappropriate past
where the object of mine mystical
endeavor
is rather to devise in my rosy
mind's eye
aspects of such intrinsic tender
visual beauty
so reverently blended
so to better seem
universally common
almost
in the breathtaking painter like
minds of the fearless many
so much so
that such pitched visions
shall upon numerous levels and
societies flourish
as never before
since all infinite forms of life
positively thrive
when bathed in brilliant color
warmth and light
for any great depth and goodness
in any individual is but a clearly
given gift
one for which
God all too gladly reaps............
(Aug. 23, 1998)