Marmalade Scent is Missing
The orange sunset seen through orange trees
Shows Florida as orange, orange, green.
The gloss of evergreen these orange tints tease
With glints so slight of orange that the scene
Defies the eyes to see the orange hints
Upon the dark of green, the dark of leaves
Resisting sunset’s orange fingerprints.
It is as if the orange light deceives
The eye–the color is so slight upon
The darkened limbs of darkened green of groves.
It seems that orange in these stems has gone
As far towards night as dark in mountain coves.
The lack of orange scent alone denies
Perfection, making doubt that God is wise.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Dec 12, 2022 | BR, FL, OR |