Blue Sunday

Blue Sunday
cleopatra flesh (1962) by jules olitski

May I know your darkness
May I know your light

May I know your comfort
May I know your fright

May I ask for a hand
That glides in might

Or a heart to beat
In the morning, noon, and night

May I give in disguise
The frame of water
The pull of a nerve
On the verge of birth

With Sunday, I’m blue delight