To an oil painting . . .
Colors of Water
Song
Barry Blackhawk
©1999 Barry Blackhawk
If I could see your dream as often
as you,
Like some gray wispy old water portrait.
Tinged maroon and old green while you
sit quiet,
Your eyes skimming some mirage water
horizon,
Your girl fingers holding each other
like sweet pinches.
Ankles crossed with barefeet on mother
moss,
You practiced and saw across a far time
with prairies.
Bending, turning a sweet love will,
seeing our best,
Planning to be our creations child,
quiet, pensive.
Tendering for today and making it grow,
Simple complexity appealing my need
and love,
Teaching love of our own circle of creatures,
A slip of tiny feather makes a world
of character,
A baby breath is as a concert, each
bit a riot of sound,
Each song a life wish looking for each's
audience,
A caress of any part, a meshing, to
fit each emptiness,
Your heart, your sweet heart. a full
lip meaning given.
Why did you grow up? It was meant for
us to see.
Some unknown artist without sound wrote
me a beautiful song that I yet long
to sing.
February
24, 1978
At Gallery
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