Poetic Alchemy
by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
I spin golden words
From my world of straw.
I extrapolate wonder
From the commonplace.
The centre is anywhere I am
For there is no other place
No other happiness
Other than the piece of sky
I expand with my yearning.
My eyes create reality
With the poetic palette of blood hues:
The deep reds, the melancholy blues.
I strike a match on stone
And memory ignites it to diamond.
I immortalize people and places
I have loved.
The real world pales
While within me,
The universe explodes
With the infinite
Colours of creation.
