this day the child dances

through the blue waters

 

the fish leaps

to taste the sunlight

 

umbrellas are lowered

for no rain falls

 

the old man sees

hope for a new day

 

while the woman

sings softly

 

her song floats on a breeze

a smile flashes as

 

the child reaches

for the small boat

 

which sails on the blue waters

in the warm sunlight

 

Pamela Olson, 5/17/08

 

This poem was written for the art prompt

at Mine Enemy Grows Older

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