colors

the most important thing

about a space

is how the sun warms it

and how the moon falls across it

many people close their

blinds and shutters

what lures me to a space

is what is out the window

and how easily it visits me

day after day

i loved my special room

on seabrook

it had a wall of windows

that i left open all night

if i got up

for any reason

it always had

a golden glow

as the moon

was on the other side

of the glass

the den was the same

edisto was just across the marsh

i could stand

in the early morning hours

and watch the world wake up

lights twinkling

coming on one by one

as a fishing boat

would slowly creep by

— patty

art by junko ono rothwell