Ever New

I look to the sky this night
Shades of magenta and blue
Reflections cast from the moon
From stars of distant light
The soft new feel of Spring
A lullaby silent
The scent of young bloom
The gentle caress of day's end
This night's embrace holds
To the awakening
Of the day ever new.


Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Night, Rose Marie Raccioppi, Watercolor, 2002, http://www.apogeeart.com