suspended starjewel For just a moment It seemed like the world had stopped So we could take a snap shot Of its paradox The sky was grey, threatening rain Then suddenly the sun stood, just pouring over the purple mountain its vermillion ray Then across the sky, still a blanket of somber grey, An arch of color streaked full across Apparent through invisible rain that lingered but did not stay Suspended, both images stood, they and their beauty parelell As creatures stood below in awe Silence was the only sound,and wind the only movement betwixt it all But because nothing gold can stay The mystical image did quickly fade An here this earth with its grey dust And powdered dirt Looked again the same But for that moment still hangs Suspended in my mind's eye For these are the times When life stands still as glass And one can't help but long for more in which life would slowly pass, And we would never die. 031110 ... egger hangs on every word. (get it? hangs? ah, never mind. i crack myself up, anyway.) 051005 what's it to you? who go blather from