Tints of Slow Yellow

The windowpane is weeping,
the sky has paused its slow stalking clouds
they hang now as still as rocks.

There was an ill-wind last night
it woke up the morning light too early.

I could write on the glass with a fingertip
but words would cry themselves to sleep
in this unmoving dreamscape.

A faint suspicion of yellow
slowly creeps up to my door
at a pace too endless to measure.

I turn away 
listening for the telltale creaking
of my mouth

swallow this moment down
switch on the TV
where there may be is some activity
happening somewhere.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Mccann Avatar
February 17, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Great line: "a faint suspicion of yellow." Elizabeth
Ashford Avatar
February 18, 2023 at 5:47 AM
Thanks for the shout-out on the line Elizabeth, it's greatly appreciated.
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