06-26-2012, 01:06 PM
v. 4 thanks to ray and billy
changes to the final half of the piece
The husk of Sunday morning comes
with ripened hours of daylight
to pluck and press. Our shadows run
down wooden stairs like broken kites
in leaden air, and break into
the unlocked car. The doors are closed,
the motor starts, and we are soothed
by avenues of twilit road
as sun matures to tarnished wine,
baptizing us in drops of gold.
We drink the day only to find
our harvest ends with tempered coals
of afternoon shipped off to dusk
as sunshine burns
the sky to rust.
v. 3
thanks to todd and ray (with support from addy!)
The husk of Sunday morning comes
with ripened hours of daylight
to pluck and press. Our shadows run
down wooden stairs like broken kites
in leaden air, and break into
the unlocked car. The doors are closed,
the motor starts, and we are soothed
by avenues of twilit road
as sun matures to tarnished wine,
baptizing us in drops of gold.
We drink the day, but cannot find
a way to lift a waning hold
on treasure set to burn by dusk
as sunshine leaves
the sky to rust.
V. 2 (thanks to billy and todd)
The husk of Sunday morning comes
with ripened hours of daylight
to pluck and press. Our shadows run
down wooden stairs like broken kites
in leaden air, and break into
the unlocked car. The doors are closed,
the key is turned, and we are soothed
by miles passed and passing road
as sun ages to tarnished wine,
baptizing us in drops of gold.
We drink the day, but cannot find
a way to reinforce our hold
on treasure, set to burn by dusk
as sunshine leaves
the sky to rust.
V. 1
The cusp of Sunday morning comes
with slipping hours of daylight
to spend together. Shadows run
away from bed and down the flight
of stairs, outside the house; refuse
to stop until the car. We close
the door, we turn the key, are soothed
by miles passed and passing road
as sun ages to tarnished wine,
ensnaring us in drops of gold.
We closed the door, but cannot find
a way to reinforce our hold
on treasure, set to burn by dusk
as sunshine leaves
the sky to rust.
Written only for you to consider.