insular
the afternoon’s declining light softens
glistening hues on the canvass lose luster
pale light infuses with the passion of patina
Wagnerian drama yields to a Strauss waltz
shadows toy with imagination concealed
moments before in the blaze of sunlit day
the rush of crimson hogs hair transforms into
the silky touches of sable mops escorting pastels
insular imagination is a secular canvass
ebony and ivory the breadth of its strokes
painted only before the glory of falling light
in the dusk as fear arrives, dabble into options
when the palette drips with every shadowed hue
the insular brush resolves to appreciate the passion
of romance plotted with the excitement of new
sharing canvasses of opportunities in soft light