Have You Seen My Gray Today?

by Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi

Have you seen my gray today?
The melding of darkness and light;
an absence of color at play.

A cameo profile for pay
with stark shades from shadow to bright.
Have you seen my gray today?

Do I know if in daylight I stray?
Or if blindly I melt in the night?
An absence of color at play.

The stupor from nocturnal fray
concussed like a nightmarish bite.
Have you seen my gray today?

Imagine an infinite ray
piercing blackness with one point in sight;
an absence of color at play.

My ship will be sailing away
on horizons that fog and unite.
Have you seen my gray today?
An absence of color at play.

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Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she writes poetry, prose and articles; specializes in literary criticism and non-profit matters. She has a B.A. in English, Spanish, and an M.A. in Spanish from Saint Louis University in Madrid and St. Louis. Since brain surgery, she volunteer teaches creative writing in a maximum security jail and works for civil rights attorneys. She completed a novel in verse, Poem to Follow, and is featured in several poetry anthologies, including the Missouri VSA 2013 Anthology, Turning the Clocks Forward Again; Poetica Victorian; Red Dashboard Disorder Anthology: Mental Illness and Its Effects; The Muse India/Createspace Anthology Of Present Day Best Poems; Bordertown Press Poetry of People on the Move; and Literature Today International Journal of Contemporary Literature. Shari’s poetry has appeared in several literary magazines in the U.S., Canada, England, India, Ireland and Spain.