BIO: Cher'ley loves to write and is working on two novels and has done many short stories and poems. She has been published in the Long Ridge Writer's Anthology, All Things Girl (a couple of times), a couple of online sites, 34th Parallel and Crime and Suspense. She is also a fine artist and to earn a living she drives a Semi-Truck. She's married to a wonderful, supportive husband and has two children, four grandchildren and a boxer named Lizzie. She lives in WV along the Kanawha River.
Click for Cherley's website here
From God's paintbrush drips a pale peach,
which He uses to stroke the sun's glistening rays.
The white canvas is splattered with a hint of pale blue
contrasting with fluffy lavender and pink clouds.
Strips of color lead away from the lustrous orb,
becoming wider and hotter.
Hues explode into a blazing torch, setting the heavens
on fire with florescent orange dimpled by scarlet.
Translucent deep cadmium red fills the firmament
with blinding hot color.
Darkness encroaches and the painting fades.
The sky is framed with a deep plum speckled with lavender lace.
Dusk shrouds the painting, leaving a sprinkling of orange clouds,
that holds onto the day for a few more minutes.