Cobalt

There is a cloud in the sky
A smudge of gray in a cobalt sea
It wasn’t there yesterday
But there it is
Evidence of hard times ahead
Rains will fall and feed the fields
Look up with regret and cover our heads
“Where is the sun?” We will ask
Where is the bright clear day,
The unsullied skies of cobalt blue?

The smudge grows deep ~ heavy
Rains fall to mask our tears;
Tears we’d just as soon not hide
Now Cobalt blue our hearts…
“Where is the sun?” We still ask
Where is the bright smiling day
Unsullied
And taken from us?
What of the work she left undone?
Who now shall tend her fields
Beneath unblemished cobalt skies?


For the Friend of a Friend, Who Died Suddenly... Unexpectedly... Leaving Work Undone, and Fields to Tend.

ELAshley
Began: August 31, 2001
Worked on:
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Finished on:
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