Ekphrastic using Tim Foster photograph.

When a body leaves a shine

wherever it’s been

Can’t help but wonder, good creature or creator of Original sin.

The leaves are not wilting, the fronds look bright green

Yet one can’t help but

wonder, are you a magician or a fiend.

When a body leaves a shine

And leaves are not wilting.

One can’t help but wonder

are you a body, a spirit or introducing some other semi- ethereal theme? DMW