Apricot and periwinkle,
Robin’s egg and salmon skin.
Moments, seconds really,
Flickering before me
Of
yesterday’s
sunset
Fading, dying, yet
Frozen in my mind
Captured forever
To recall years later.
No Nikon or Kodak,
No disposable or instamatic.
Images captured on
Rods and cones this time,
Not on emulsion.
Fine grained
Absorbed within
And enduring.
Synapses growing.
Soft shadows
Muted edges
And wispy clouds.
Bands of color and mood
Share the sky
The still air
With small birds
And a damselfly,
Before the dark.
Stars create a canopy
The shape of the dome
Above the dark landscape
After the light fails
before me over the water.
The sunset now
A part of my memory.
My experience, my life
To cherish forever.
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edited May 5, 2018
Apricot and Periwinkle – v5
(editing version 4, adding 1st stanza)
edited September 28, 2017
Apricot and Periwinkle – v4
edited January 18, 2016
Apricot and Periwinkle – v3
(merging edits to version 2 and original)
edited June 21, 2014
Apricot and Periwinkle – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Apricot and Periwinkle
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night
Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH
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