Celestial

~

we might be offered

a beautiful sunset,

~

subtle milk blues 

greys and soft pinks 

stretching across the 

wide horizon, thinly 

smeared brushstrokes,

~

should we take notice

we might speak warmly 

of such pleasing colour and 

be cheered by the spectacle 

then go about our business,

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but tonight, the sky is moving

contrasting colours splashed wide

jostle and rear-up prancing 

trumpeting vertically 

to demand our attention, 

asking for celestial conversation

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strangely we are speechless

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GRS 5/24