BLACK

Black - the beautiful black curtains

of each Dark Night …. Thank You God.

Black night - helping me to see the stars

that I’m missing in the daylight sky ….

Wait! Watch! When it comes to black 

there’s more - much, much more.

Black - a shining - glistening

grand piano - with black and white keys -

sharps and flats - and half steps

in between  - all 12 notes -

the music only works when

sounding and resounding

with all the keys intermingling ….

Black - wait, there's more!
Black marble - stones and skin ….

Black  - the deep lakes and rivers ....

Black - ink - a zillion, trillion, million letters

arranged on white paper  - becoming

books, newspapers, magazines

telling, forming and informing the world

how to be together to announce news

and poetry and words for the songs.

Black -  too often I’m not noticing you

because these too words get in the way.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2012