Diesel Rainbows Revisited


How colorful the reflective smears ignite the senses
how sinuous the rippled slick forever remembered

Dank syrup of engines idle
spilled upon aged concrete
mechanics beneath rusted warriors
draining yesterday's tensile stress
loading tomorrow's fluid to live

How focused his oily footprints remain
now aloft riding the escort of Valhalla
gliding upon colors of other-world arches
remaining forever heroic
forever indelible

Memory's ever present ether embraces
even as buried vestiges remain dark
bestowing courage for his child's will to endure

Revered…

Esteemed…

Forever painted with love

Such are the diesel rainbows

forever vibrating warm nostalgia