Unsettled was my body
Floating
Like dust illuminated
Through window’s light
Every atom
Dispersed
Melded with this daily ritual
When blood fills the sky
And a sudden hush
Closes every mouth
All of us
Taken up
Taken aback
Willingly surrendered
To the moment’s
Weightless calling
“Sunset on Red” – 12″x12″ Oils on canvas