Watercolor Afternoon

The rain set me adrift inside a dream My mind was on a painting miles upstream An unforgotten "en plein" I once viewed A light pastoral springtime interlude Two horses, one snow white, one shiny black Two barefoot boys in blue jeans ride bareback Through pasture weeds bloomed orange almost red White fluffy mountains loomed as thunderheads A lightning bolt sends thunder through gray skies The vivid colors blend in teary eyes One brother's love becomes a blurry stain Through windows streaked with rivulets of rain From inside looking out my hourglass I watched as nature painted winter's grass Entranced from listening to her rhythmic rune One April watercolor afternoon by Daniel turner