Mallory Square on My Mind

By Dr. Mel Waldman

three

decades gone by



vanishing

in Time’s un-reality



like

wild stallions galloping across the invisible universe



into

a faraway galaxy an orphic vastness I cannot fathom



three

decades gone



since

I discovered Mallory Square where we celebrated

the

gorgeous sunset & I became a lover



of

the vanishing sun an opacarophile so long ago



&

still I crave each glorious moment again



evoked

by Claudia’s paintings

– inserted in The Noctuary



my

poem about a night journal of celestial light



ensconced

in darkness –



beatific

pictures



&

a sweet blessing



the

scent of a sensuous shell-shaped cake



my

Proustian madeleine taking me back to Mallory Square



Mallory Square

on my mind



coming

forth



&

rising

from my mystical maze



the

Jungian Unconscious



of

esoteric wisdom



Mallory Square

eerily



resurrected

embracing &



merging

with the fantastic



flow

of enigmatic paintings



of

majestic beauty



compelling

me to see



a

cornucopia of dazzling sunsets



divine

colors & heaven-bound hues



otherworldly

sunsets in metamorphosis



everchanging

& morphing



into

a glorious Gestalt



of

celestial grandeur



a

gorgeous gallimaufry of Nature’s miracles



sweeping

visions



of

magnificent illusion deliriously divine



flaming

reds & luscious mind-altering



oranges

yellows & crimson gold



&

hypnotic hallucinatory



purple & pink sunsets

glorious

gloaming ever-flowing & sensuously



blossoming

in

celestial efflorescence



as

a multitude of curious humans



gather

on the Mallory Square pier



there

by



the

Key West Harbor & the Gulf of Mexico



waiting

longingly to see an exotic sunset



celebration

a gorgeous



extravaganza

so long ago & now in my mind



where

strangers encounter vendors



artists

singers dancers magicians psychics



&

circus people & merge



with

the fluid sky a sweet phantasmagoria



&

the tropical sun & the seductive air

humans

craving the beyond seeking



otherworldly

transcendence & oneness



with

the universe finding magic



&

even peace in



the

unfathomable moment of



the

vanishing sun adorned



with

glorious colors & celestial grandeur



dying

in the night until



tomorrow’s rebirth

Dr. Mel Waldman is a psychologist, poet, writer, and artist. His stories have appeared in dozens of magazines including HARDBOILED DETECTIVE, ESPIONAGE, THE SAINT, and AUDIENCE. He is a past winner of the literary GRADIVA AWARD in Psychoanalysis and was nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE in literature. He is the author of 11 books.