When Things Were Better

Dawning yolk spills over

the horizon like

Cataclysmal torrents

of a babbling river

Shaking the sediment

in my mental,

Awakening the depths

of those muffled burrows

With the serenity of your

quiet lightning

That strikes me with inner peace.

🎨/📷 by Arthur Dove, Sunrise III, 1936-37