Gray Brown Blue Poem by Susan Lacovara

Gray cat, in his basket
Of newspapers shredded
Sleeps undisturbed
Unaware I am awake at this hour

Brown dog decidedly content
To stretch out and slumber
Breathing peacefully in time
With the clock on the wall

Blue, might I say, the color I am
While my house hums along with the night
Under a 40 watt light bulb
I see the shadows fall across my page
And wonder why I just don't call it a night
Surrender to the cloak of the dark hours
Forget his face, for just one night
Tonight
And rest the colors of my heart