Lens elements

The elements
are murky,
diffused,
misaligned.

A dim
warm gray day
melting
dim gray snow
into a dim gray
puddle
foggy as
my dim gray
winters'-end
window.

I know better,
but am of an
inclination
to view, dimly,
all of these as
layered omens
in a dim gray
scrying glass
incapable
for the moment
of crystalizing
or clarifying
or focussing
lifegiving light.