The scarlet orb on a variegated canvas

Soaring wings suspended in billowy expanse

Delicate lights creating impressions of majesty
in a nocturnal masterpiece

Pure springtime vigor in Autumn splendor

Wise grey complementing bright-eyed youth

Flames oscillating between
radiance and dancing shadows

Music impelling the senses
exposing new vistas of discovery

Motion in passing
Expression unexpressed
Creativity in suspense

A word,
a smile,
a tear,
a touch,
a flash of recognition

Power issuing from the paradox of love and need

Towers of revelation taking the mind's breath away

Whetted hope, fueling the heart's ambition,
spurring the soul to fresh
realization of
the
Author

Howard Lenos
December 1988