today is with clouds
is a beautiful day
a sky no longer
pale and lonely
but one set in motion,
animated by odd characters
that bloom and shrink
with the capricious currents of air.

a dark strand
of prism colors
arcs across
a watery blur to the east.

the clouds just above
are bright and hobnobbing -
they toss a spray of droplets
down to my heated brow.

the sun is curtained
in grays and purples
limned with glory.