EMBRACING ALL THAT BLUE

art by Robert Bissel

winter had been
long,
filled with desolate shades
of darkness and cold

he awoke from his deep sleep
breath-starved,
longing for warmth and beauty

stretching heaven ward
he willed all that blueness
to move closer

and the sky
so overcome with his desire
unraveled
into a million fluttering pieces
and fell

kissing him from head to toe
with its blissful embrace
    written by Dee Edgett