The Light in Gloucester

The Light in Gloucester

 

The light in Gloucester continues to awe me.

I saw it on my first visit a few years ago

and it has enraptured me ever since.

 

It’s not a single color, hue or cast-

more a unique quality of clarity

that allows the colors to show their best.

 

This magical light allows us to swim in

whatever tone happens to be present

at the moment, as we go about our lives.

 

It may be the soft pink of a late summer

afternoon at Smith’s Cove, the glow of sunrise

above Thacher Island, the lavender dusk

 

hugging the tidal river, the deep blue of the

sea and the sky on a crisp winter day or

the breathtaking golden aura of autumn

when the marshes explode.

 

It is always enchanting, even now; even

home on a winter morning, mystical light

floods my room through the large glass doors that allow

me to look out over this wonderland.

 

Marty Luster