Hearing your voice I feel like I am floating on the canvas of a painting The colours blend in a splendid action just like the ripples made by a single busy duck on the pond this Fall day. I tilt my head back and sink even more into this moment of enlightenment. This unpredicted ascension of the mind. I hunger for more in a pleasant way. My fingers run the length of my hair and break free. I smile all to myself and inhale peace. Eyes closed I see the world in all of its delicate and fragile beauty. If only for a second I could open my eyes and truly see what is beautiful. The cold and moist air burns, but I breathe it in with vigor. I feel alive for the first time all over again. I curiously question why doesn't life always feel this pleasant.? Why does it not ever look so simple and elegant? Sorrow comes and quietly wraps its massive arms around me. "Not today," I breathe without breaking from the strength of this water-coloured moment. I remain seated on the park bench and plunge deeper into my thoughts. I fall away with the sounds of your voice and nothing else. For this quiet, chilly, and solitary Fall evening is Mine.