A beautiful painting

Outside my window

A distorted image

Beyond the yellowing lace

Emerald and mahogany, lavender and rose

They flow together and blur

Paint on an artist's palate

Ever-changing

Flowing with the seasons

Outside my window

Every day a new sight

A delight to view

Tinted with dawn's first light

Just past the single pane

But the shades are drawn

And I cannot see

Though the gardens there are calling me