The Flowers and hills and sky in Mission Gorge were astoundingly bright and beautiful today after the morning gray lifted.WHITE

White and yellow belong together
with green
against a background of black
that’s how it is
with the natural world
some of the time

the bride in white comes
down the aisle
all eyes turn to her
and back again
to the groom and preacher in black
then it’s only maybe

a reminder that other times
nothing fits
everything falls away in pieces
like humpty dumpty
virginity can never be restored
just pick up and go on

then the whitest white in flowers
with green
against the bluest sky in June
turns around
melancholy loneliness and gray dreams
and life goes on.