On a number of occasions down through the years, I have been inspired to write poems and verses after seeing beautiful, bewitching works of art online. And today was another such occasion, in which I penned the following poem after encountering the spectacular illustration presented above.
THE GREEN ELEPHANT
I dreamed one night that
I had seen
An elephant, but it was
green.
It stood amid a leafy
glade
With light and shadow
overlaid.
A patch of sunshine on
its brow
That glowed like gold, I
know not how.
Its opalescent tusks
glowed too,
A pale, pellucid, pearly
hue.
It gazed at me with
stately calm,
A scene suffused with
leafy balm,
A green cathedral, still
and bright,
A place of wonder,
dreams, and light.
Serene and silent,
arched and tall,
So too its guardian of
all.
Majestic in the mellow
mist,
Where dreams can linger,
hope exist.
Its trunk rose up in
slow salute,
Its sunlight-sprinkled
message mute,
Yet eloquent inside my
mind
Before I left its realm
behind
And woke once more
within my room,
No green or gold amid
its gloom.
Just fading memories
remain,
Until one day I'm home
again.
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