Words and images from my walks and interactions with nature and the environment.
Halloween Sky
I had planned to stay home tonight
and turn out the lights
the coward in me
needing to hide from garish miniature super heroes
synthetic monster costumes
black and orange inflatable spiders and grimacing pumpkin lanterns
no treats at my door
trick me
I’ll take my chances
but then
the clouds teased me
with their quick changes of face
their feathery dances and whispering sweeps across the blue
and I had a feeling
that tonight there would be magic
the ocean shoreline beckoned me
and there you were
just emerging through your purply-blue cloak
like raspberry ripple
melting into blueberry cheesecake ice-cream
it was a true halloween sun set
masterminded by the trickster
tie dying the clouds with fuchsia, tangerine and gold
bleeding into the creases in a mauve cyclorama
cool tones of lavender, gray, white, and blue
orchestrating theatrical murals of colored light across the sky
the orb of the sun obscured
its glow reflected in mirrors of vermillion
blood shot streams flooding the sand
rivers of deep rouge and rose
merging into the body of the ocean
shimmering through the salty white lacework
on the waters surface
this fantastical ocean scape
almost burns my eyes
like a radical Andy Warhol fluorescent photo
defying any compliance with nature
magnified beyond measure
the sun’s heart beat
streaming across the screen
like electrical currents on acid
scarlet red and orange smoke
clinging to the underside of cloud ribbons
edges of frothing waves below
slicing across the scene
in cool white frilly lines and woolly bands
until the last streaks of light drain down
below the distant edge
and heavy storm clouds descend
the world has been tricked
and treated tonight
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