Green Palm Trees Yellow Helicopters On the Blue
Beyond the atmospheric dome blue sky
A red sun punctuates every moment gone
Past cosmic black in dark suspense
Hovers above the marbled cloud of Earth below
When stepping outside for the very first time
Looking up, the sky seems bigger than yesterday
As if it grew up over night by lightning strikes
Morning gathers clarity being viewed in colors
Five thousand balloons drift by in mellow style
Smaller than they were before their flight
To follow outlines of flying objects high
Of yellow helicopters holding patterns fast
Hung like Christmas ornaments
Seen from below they look toy-ish
Against the back drop of gigantic blue
Curvatures of a planet taken by its roundness
Dome rises solid from within the mission path
Inside the limits of imagination voyaging
Vivid to the naked eye surprised at being seen
Palm trees dangling in their greenery
Floating roots in grave danger of being cut
Helicopters know the distance to the nearest star
When close at hand to plants, rotating blades above
Almost afraid to touch
They understand
Long fronds on top, dress in brightness, stand on air
Follow their own gravity, merge with the open sky
Green palms, yellow helicopters, suspend activity
Sway in silence above the fragile calm
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2016
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