Fleeting Images Lightly Held

supple dancers and sleek athletes

performing in the clouds;

hieroglyphs and funny faces

sketched out in carpet loops

waft up and down the hall

to steal attention’s thrall

and summon other groups;

puppydogs and honeybears

gleefully romp in raindrop crowds

upon my foggy windowpane,

while elephants and camels

transport exotic loads

toward shadow destiny,

pay no homage, no excise tax

for imagination's company.

Ah, but springfever's

wispy symptoms

pervade my every glimpse;

they haunt my every dream;

they thrill my waking hours.

yes, I have every symptom

and each, my heart devours.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

They're sometimes so wispy that they've evaporated or gone invisible when I look again to find them!