The cups we bought that day
so new now chipped away,
tucked aside in cupboards
rarely opened.
© Chagall 2015
Tag Archive: youth
Mopping up sprinkles on fingertips, the end of the party,
round sweet remnants, in so many colors, matched the balloons
that bobbed overhead, and I upside down on my bed
pretended to walk on the ceiling.
© Chagall 2015
She said she saw the bittersweet
autumn in early spring, knew that
sunlight over time would burn her
colder than today.
© Chagall 2015
The brace of the long-stemmed flowers
this morning, though gentle winds
they are taxed beyond their delicate
reason for being, tendrils of early frost
splayed about petals and stamen, dreams
perhaps that warmer days might come again
© Chagall 2014
Castles down
by the sea
wash away
in fades bubbles
of once
a child laughed
for sun so strong
forever ebbing
in froth under foam
to sleep she counts
faintly discernible starfish
© Chagall 2014
Twilight doesn’t swirl
move in tandem
or whisper as it did
when the time
between evening to dusking
stretched longer than today
rosetted sunsets barely touched
the eye and the hue
of nighttime garments
delicate, fringed
Corselettes massage
the brace of it
forcing the soul upright
to attentive pose
lean bodies
sinewy, still young
cheeks blushed with the skies pinks
reflecting new-day promise
and everywhere a freckle
now nowhere a dimple
or a wink
to conjure
the crazy thoughts
or to stir the violet echoes
© Chagall, 2013
Calliopes lilt up
stride down beautiful horses
sunlit carousels
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
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