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FOR PAM:
YOU ARE THE BLUE SPOT IN MY GREY SKY
A POEM A LIE A STORY

grey
wall to wall a sky of perfect grey.

once, thru the window spread before us,
between the clouds a speck of blue

i laughed
she smiled to hear me laugh
until i told her,
“you are the blue spot
in my grey sky.”

she wept and whispered wondrous that my sky must not be grey.
she smiled
the heavens parted and swept the clouds away

we walked in love and wonder beneath a sky so blue
from wall to wall
without a speck of grey.

last night the wonder faded
my life and sky are grey
i wonder and i wander
wall to wall my world is grey.

her sisters cry for what i’ve lost
how she smiled a rainbow
how her eyes painted color, love and life
how night has fallen wall to wall

i shared the story, how
she was the blue spot in my grey sky.
... her smile her love her glory
how she was my poem... the heavens part
my song a lie... warmth sweeps the clouds
my love all poem, all lie, all story... blue spreads from wall to wall.

i rage and cry,
point up and staring, stay...

the sky above from wall to wall
one vast blue spot
without a speck of grey.