Unexpected Art

On a winter walk,

I’m bored with rhythmic trudging

On the boulevard.

 

I can’t stop to look

Or idly gaze on cattails

In the icy park!

 

Seven thousand steps:

That’s my daily requirement,

So my phone declares.

 

But ’round the next bend,

My eyes suddenly perceive

Unexpected art.

 

On a crumbling wall

Colours, lines and shapes create

A weird gallery:

 

Bones, skulls, animals,

And a misfit sailing ship

Delight my sad eyes.

 

Now, all that I see

Becomes ready canvas for

Nature’s graffiti.

 

Magestic towers

Stretch magic threads. Ice and snow

Become diamonds.

 

A white dog runs by;

A human servant bends down

To pick up their poop.

 

Finally, here’s home.

What balm can soothe these sore limbs?

Hot chocolate is best.