So returning to the art of Catrin Welz-Stein in a latest prompt at dVerse Poets, four paintings to choose from and then write away as you will on one or more.
Are All Accounted For In the Moon? (to dream)
The Captain called us all aboard at eyes shut wide
Déjà vu?
aboard captain, again
again
Ennui?
here Sir, ready to break free
Regret?
here (sigh)
you’re late
sorry Sir
Amalgam of youth?
(in unison) on deck
from where tonight?
(in unison in unison) a toss of year(s) Sir
Fear? … Oh, stop … we’re just flying into dream
but …?
You can run, you can stall, you can trip, you can fall
quiet
from heavens through clouds
or from small atolls
aloud …
… but it’s always too real for us all
… you’ll still wake, I’ll almost promise you daylight’ll still call
Anger? No, I know you’re aboard
!!!!!
Artists in color?
ready to paint vibrant Sir
Artists in black and white?
ready to paint an absence
Singers?
just off key Sir, enough
Joy? You still in with this company?
always Sir,
happy self sycophancy
.
The moon was more than willing to be yoked as an ox
or reined as a braided guilded horse
or bridled an ass
or even boated a hung foolish ship
but tethered on deck still
of
all willing slaves of sleeping adventure, rowing
rowing
a ship of nonsense,
or import
all equal for transport,
all equal
to what might come
tonight on light seas, nay, oceans of drama dream
discovery …
.
The Captain called us all aboard at eyes wide shut
again
Déjà vu? Is that you?
it is Sir
again
Frankenberry's Attic 
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