chagall backdrop

It’s colder now
than it was July

I’ve never been here
in the morning

in the air
just a little less magic

than the fine smoke
from the chimneys down there

where I’ve  passed
through without cause to hover

or idle
or ever belong

but I breathe
and I know

the cold
tells me so

in steam
and labored pants

atop this hill
I watch the Main Line wake

break the day
in a prayer by the river

I will keep this fast
I will go down slow

I will revel
in my longing

© Carlos Chagall. 2013

Please see this related post  Main Line PA