Fading Away

satin colors
browns and blacks
fold into each other
as if "feathered in"
with an artist's brush,
but still distinct
to tell the difference
and feel they are
not the same
if, and only if,
our touch
were that gentle;
satin colors
steal the eyes
and we smile
at its victory
knowing in time
all will become one
and the same and
all too boring.

25Jan16