Canopy

A man may walk abroad and no more see the sky than if he walked under a shed. - Thoreau

i can make you cry

you can cause me to die

why should we try?

why even bother asking why?

it's already written in the stars of the sky

yes - the ethereal, stipple sky

slick but never sly

because the truth can't lie

with its black and blue eye

it spreads its pergola parasol

over both you and me

with a swollen love

we just can't see

Author's Note

“The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment! Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Seriana]

I love this! It's quick, short rhymes painting little snippets of the sky. I'm not sure what it meant to you, but I'll take a little personal meaning from it for myself and keep it in my pocket. As unique as a painting, the viewers, themselves retain a unique meaning. Love it!

[Pete]

there can be many meanings in this. when i started writing it, i was thinking about troubled relationships and then i started thinking about how nature goes through so much like us and just keeps doing what it was created to do with love, no matter, so why shouldn't we do the same? personal relationships can be like our relationship with nature - the sky always has us covered through fair weather, storms and the like but is always there nevertheless with its stars - they're always there and keep shining through thick and thin. thank you seriana, may your star always shine brightly ... :)

[barleygirl]

This is the most original thing I've ever seen written about the night sky & people write about that all the time! This is zinging with fresh word-crafting thru-out: "the ethereal, stipple sky . . . slick but never sly" (great rhyming thru-out, as well!) . . . "spreads its pergola parasol . . . over both you and me" -- sheer brilliance! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

nature is so comforting and forgiving - we must remember to look up. thanks for the celestial review! ... :)

[Seriana]

I love this! It's quick, short rhymes painting little snippets of the sky. I'm not sure what it meant to you, but I'll take a little personal meaning from it for myself and keep it in my pocket. As unique as a painting, the viewers, themselves retain a unique meaning. Love it!