5:55 am
gray blue emerges in the eastern skies as soon as I look up my down turned eyes transform, widen-- from a melancholy sigh--to a calmer, more gentle lullaby this transparent being opens as sunflower, to receive the gray blue expanse,brightening in sky--softening my heart like butter--left out on the counter all night-- mollifying a dream of fright and returning the dangerous players from my dream--into a cascade of lapiz butterflies, and friendly fishermen, I can--- in peace, begin again Kjl