Poem: Gray

(Hail-storm Over Pyramid Lake)

Gray
dampens emotions down
makes a quiet sound
Like ice freezing underground.

Gray
as Minerva’s clear eye
unemotional, outside
a cool assessor, silent pride.

Gray
where some go to hide away.
Keep your distance on the day
I’m wearing clothes of gray.

Gray
Like Dorothy’s Kansas plain
simple, flat and without pain
but also, like the twister’s mien.