Maple Sky

Above,
   the maple sky
   held me captive
no less than constellations
aglitter on a winter night
These varied, humbled shades
   of verdure and forest
   filtered the day star
and cast patterns 
on my granite bed.
A gentle rippling
   obscured each clearly 
   defined edge
and eliminated individuality.
The summer burns
   the green into shades of gray
   until this lens and my blurred vision
agree
Maybe there lies the magic…
or was it just that moment
on that solitary rock?