Silver Dollar



Large silver dollar against an azure plate

Hanging there completely in a solid state

Streams of pink lines against the dry blue

Greys around in a sky painted without you



Counting blessings which overflow my life

As a muralistic canvas is revealed above high

Filled with many dazzling very special effects

A too moving artscape brimming with success



Silver dollar moon, so perfect in its roundness

Clever early morning pilots who make a mess

Of clear blue sky filled with pink from rising sun

As they zoom about, writing things, having their fun



Whilst that large silver dollar looks on from azure

Reflecting on scene in the east where all's not pure

And the purple-pink-blue-grey-white-indigo layers

Cry out to me in their richness, as I stare at the tiers



As the wonder of it all infuses me with its richness

And the beauty I feel inside overwhelms all sadness

As time flows on, lessening the intensity of the pain

And silver dollar skies take over to put me right again.



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

5am Thurs. Jan.15th, 98

 

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