On a mist-marked morning

From the Portland Rose Garden, OR. Taken by Andrew Mackay
From the Portland Rose Garden, OR.
Taken by Andrew Mackay

Vine-laden trellises
bear witness
to those arriving
on a mist-marked morning

a brick pathway
unfurls
once straight
now

thorny tendrils hold
searing colors
so vivid that their
full luster stays
until the ship sails
to what lies beyond
this
mortal coil.

Author: AJM

Writer, sociologist, Unitarian Universalist.

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