Permission to Dream

White clouds in my window, a backdrop of blue.
The scent of red clover, the shimmer of dew.
I breathe deeply, and watch; purple finch are at play.
I'm in love with the picture. It's a beautiful day.

A far distant rumble, I turn with a start.
Blackness is tearing my picture apart.
Flashes of yellow cut through a dark sky.
Two forces move closer, so like you and I.

Rain begins falling, the threatening storm.
Now a canvas on which a new picture is born.
Beautiful rainbow of gold, red and green.
Symbol of hope, permission to dream.

Framed by my window, now etched in my mind.
Mother Nature the painter -- one of a kind.

GWB, Gordon William Bain,
September, 2003.