A Flash of Cobalt

Have you ever daydreamed about a romantic movie only to have it interrupted by a flicker of reality in its most beautiful form?

John Morrison | Credit: Getty Images

The movie was a love story

One that in my youth

Would paralyze me for days

With agony and lost hope.

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As the Coda brought a sweet

Melancholy

That softly confirmed

The stillness of my cronehood

…

A flash of a cobalt vision

Intruded upon my thoughts

Darting across the scenes

Muffling the film's dialogue

And soliloquy.

…

Earlier that day

On a downtown street

Trash cans askew

Against dour ancient brick

And icicled café tables

…

It fluttered from cement wall

To rusting metal rail

To the edge of a truck window

Before it found its course

Toward a clear Nevada sky

…

And escaped on wings

Of purest, unsullied blue.

One tiny blink of brilliance

Reminded my winter-numbed heart

Of the ache and splendor of joy.

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"The mountain bluebird is the state bird of Idaho and Nevada. This bird is an omnivore and it can live 6 to 10 years in the wild. It eats spiders, grasshoppers, flies and other insects, and small fruits. The mountain bluebird is a relative of the eastern and western bluebirds." (Wikipedia)

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