Casting My Shadow

Great photo by Laurita inspired this poem.

              Casting My Shadow

         If I were to cast my shadow
           upon my choice of place,
     it would be in this yummy color
       and on this wall's lovely face.
 I want that blue sky for the contrast
       and high noon for the drama
          of my fantastic shadows.

            I would be a rose bush,
            curving over a window
     with white trim to complement
         my blushing new blossoms.
               I would have wanted
           that lower bush in bloom
             of the palest light pink
               because we can’t all
                 be a gorgeous red.

           And lastly but not leastly,
       I would have that downspout,
          which looks quite beastly,
             a delicious verdigris be,
                 aged to perfection,
                  like the rest of us.