Early morning mists envelop and swirl br Beneath Smokey’s English topography br br By day, she sports a stylish new fall coat br Angled vertical ripples in sepia br br With textured points of cedar-ed green br Contrasting veins of rust invading her br br Lofty domain now halo-ed in fiery br Magenta - fused cyan and yellows br br Printing hallowed images in my br Photographic lifetime-d memories br br Arising to this early morn’s sacred kiss br With morning’s peace cupped in steaming br br Tea, quietly waking my sleepy space br Wrapped in sixty watt electric lights br br Serenity affording sweet silence br A gift sent so I might read in His stillness br br (White-Noise Free, Tennessee br November 2,2006)br br Debora Shortbr br