Steven Young Poet Free verse

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Colors In the Sky

"Two doves in white flying, feathers glow beneath the morning's rainbow colors" 
--Charles Messina

Wet black diamond saw slicing rocks
Powdered stone slush drizzling, milky veins
Spidering over smooth white travertine
A pair of lovers skillfully formed
Flying parallel through a green granite sky
Over gray garden rocky mountains
Under an alabaster sun  
Stretching its rays 
Over all creation
Colors in the sky 
That dove and I flew through
Ten thousand nine hundred and fifty
Hot red nights
Cold blue days
Purple sorrows
Green tomorrows
And yellow joys
All swirled into a dizzying array of
Ten thousand nine hundred and fifty
Scintillating
Masterpieces
Painted over the desert hills
Viewed from our porch every evening
Until the coyotes went howling
And the colors of the sky went 
Stolen by the night
She's gone 
But still I
See us flying 
Every day

Colors In The Sky Poetry Contest
sponsored by Mystic Rose Rose
12-4-2022

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Linda Alice Fowler December 6, 2022 at 8:44 AM Touching image Steven. Striking beauty! Best wishes for the contest! Linda

Anne-Lise Andresen December 5, 2022 at 8:43 AM - A vivid image before my eyes...beautiful written - Good luck in the contest, Steven - Steven Young December 5, 2022 at 11:28 AM Ah, thanks, Sunshine. That's a mosaic in my shower that my ex requested from our tile guy. Showed him a picture and he made it. When I saw the contest, I had to write a poem about it. Maybe not a contest winner but a winner in the sense of processing what was and still is a beautiful relationship. Thanks again for reading and commenting :)