“Kaleidoscope”

            Chunks of experience

                        like cut glass   

                                    swirling and gathering

            sometimes clinking gently into place

                        jeweled piece by piece

            sometimes flowing with flood water force

                        flashes of light forming

                                    Diamonds

                                    Emeralds

                                    Rubies

                        Pricelessly unique

            Then changing yet again

                        Ooohs and aaahs

                                    Motion and Splendor

            Suddenly the light’s gone

                        the flow stops

                                    and the eyepiece gathers more of life

                        for another time

                                    another place

                                                another vision

Copyright 1994 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman

Just a reminder that life, with all of it's experiences, gives us splendor if we pay attention to it.