“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   

copyrigth 1994 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman