The Petals Close – The Petals Open

White lightning and window panes

The play of light and colour

A restless rolling fog

Across the distant heavens

Painted softly in watercolour

The amethyst of the sunset

Reflected in unending images

Rose petal dreams

Floating over a lavender ocean

But there is always rain

On the far horizon

These are the patterns of the dance

Clouds swallow clouds

And the petals close

The petals open

© Ann Bagnall – Edited 2021