White Dove & Dancing Bear

Above the Ferris wheel, a kaleidoscope
At the edge of the planet, a kaleidoscope 

On a soft Southern night
Our eyes like stars in a kaleidoscope 

Our hands, our hearts tumbled
and grew, colorful as a kaleidoscope 

Through hard times and fun times 
Our years unfolded like a kaleidoscope 

All God’s creatures love & endure
like white dove and dancing bear in a kaleidoscope 

Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo.net is to write a ghazal in the form of a love song. This is my first attempt at a ghazal so I’m giving myself a lot of grace. The mention of white dove at the end is a reference to me (a long ago nickname) which is common in English ghazals, according to the prompt. Dancing Bear was my husband. Way, way back in the day those were our CB radio handles. Young’uns may have to Google that!

My “Something Small, Every Day (or so)” series is inspired by Austin Kleon’s piece here where he says, “Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time.”

Feature photo by me – doves on my backyard fence