DAYLIGHT EFFECT
With each sip of coffee
the wide picture window
frames a transcendence of hues
as the dominion of the moon
yields to the clarity of light.
Soft shading
and contrast
resembling the impulsive strokes
from a painter’s brush and palette.
Observing
and looking back in
through the open window
another day begins
as easy and simplistic
as a thought
turned in upon itself
finding portholes of recognition.
Eyes that were wild
in the chase and the frenzy
receive the reflective gaze
and ponder a deep tributary
left in the timeless grasp
and final thrust
of a fervent duality.
The blackness
held no secrets
and the dark
whispered only sighs.
In remembering
the seclusion of two silhouettes
traversing the night
another sip of coffee is taken
and a returning participant
settles into a comfortable recliner
like a timber wolf
reposing in a field of plush grass—
With legs outstretched
and two feet resting upright
an adventurous heart quietly howls
at the reminiscent image of the moon.
• Joseph Balaz lives in northeast Ohio. He is the author of Domino Buzz, a cd of music-poetry www.joebalaz.com He is also coauthor, with photo-artist Mary Ellen Derwis, of JOMA-online www.jomaonline.com an online gallery of concrete poetry and photography.
