Rain kisses silent ruby parched gasps
Over ochre horizons bereft of hope
Your golden promises fill loveless pores
Garden barren, greens against futility
Bespeaks and belies cruel azure skies
Illuminated Indigofera twitches from raindrops
Vision the violet, gay and resilient.

Danny Draper

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dynamic-ribbon/