Stirring the Sky

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dawn peekaboos over the horizon

stirring the sky with

navel orange and pink lady apple cotton candy

dotted with whipped cream

sprinkled with birds and abandoned dreams

 

a pompous sunbeam breaks through the trees

antsy to awaken the day for adventure

 

let the night owls sleep for just a moment

pretty please, if you don’t mind

 

theirs is the rapidly fleeing sunset

stirring the sky with

villainous violets and red light district neon

splashed with the ocean’s depths

and the harvest moon’s slow rise to authority

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