SILVER AND GOLD

"Stars over Casco Bay", oil, by Elizabeth Fraser

He sat in silence
among the silent stones
on the patio.

A new night was

washing over his world

with miles of stars,

his friends and fellow-travelers.

Tell me a tale,

he asked them,

of silver and the flowing

of friendship,

and six stars sang

of Ham and a friend

with silver feelings

and golden goodness

in her eyes.