LAKE OF DREAMS: a Lunar Eclipse
Thin stimulus,
watching the lunar eclipse:
shards of coral reef,
a last glimmer of brown shade,
winter's momentary cold sardonyx,
topaz, yellowish hint of straw,
somber rose, orange Julius
obstinate colors, resilient,
creamy naked, evocative,
ringed with infinite log fire,
ominous browns and grays,
dull embers of coal
struck with elusive ions of flint,
light from a glowing bone.
Earth shadows drag dirt, our eyes fill with cinders,
bat lashes against the moon like a butterfly kiss.
The desert above and the desert below
do not distinguish one shine from the other.
We are sifted over with grains
of emptiness and indifference
despite a thermo-nuclear light.
We are between rock and shadow
bottomed out on the Lake of Dreams,
profane, less than crystal,
at home in homeless quandary,
waiting for the comet.
ŠJimmy Warner Design, 2010