A Calm Pink and Blue Sky

thunder above, water below

Beaconsfield, Quebec — Photos by Jonathan Potter ⓒ 2024

A calm pink and blue sky
sets the scene for a return
to normalcy and light.
There is a change in the air,
a feeling of the mending of
the structure of reality.

The birds in the garden
partake of the poetry
of the replenishment
of the water from the hose 
coming from miles and miles away
to sparkle in the rising sun.

Jesus said deliver
us from evil and lead us
not into temptation.
And when deliverance comes
let us relax and enjoy it —
no need to yammer on and on.

Yet we may also speak
and our words may form poems
to describe the rising
and to celebrate the sky.
Let us go then into the day.
And let us go then, you and I.

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