MONDRIAN IN MANHATTAN

In his studio in Manhattan
Mondrian unfrozen by jazz
in orange and bright red
art soothed the wildflowers
in the canvas space
lined with new drawing
of an overheard perspective
in phantom dreams
turning on silence in patterns
from the  pale tree's shading
three birds on the window
remembering your Dutch landscapes
of paintings consolation
in childhood memory
from a lassitude of the earth
to color from your soul
when the fingers of time return
alone to touch others
in shadow of a cornice
of well being.