MUSE III

The dread of images
pressed within words
beauty so liberating
a space of fear
terror of freedom
before the binding duty
of survival, left to pen
as pale light rises from
the East, turning darkest
night gray into celestial blues
as a blazing orb warms
then burns, blinding sight.

c) Jan G. Otterstrom F.
    June 3, 2011
    Over Costa Rica