Unfinished

Unfinished

by dan ankers

A half painted boat on an easel

the blue of the water unfinished

and even though he hurried away

the image still carries on; undiminished

A kitchen with pots on its rack

though its sink is filled with the slack of the previous night

Mice feel unworthy to crawl

‘cross the floor with the flickering light

touching such crumbs with their tongues

as to fill with the odor their lungs

and are sure to accept

that their senses

have just recognized

wasted rations

WITH SUCH PASSIONS!

as to lurch onward, one o’er the other

Each rodent gets helped by his brother

for the cleansing in this kitchen is unfinished

though that does not mean, the meal was diminished!

no! not by one!

Though light does provide by the sun

some day it will all come undone

and the earth will be no more

and the light from the sun

will be gone

That still doesn’t mean it’s diminished

no, in fact not one bit it’s amazing

as the the life of the sun is unfinished

let us all just look

up

and enjoy

while it’s blazing!