AlluraD
09-10-2007, 02:57 PM
http://h1.ripway.com/AlluraD/fall3.bmp
Fall descends
on frosted morning
fields of corn
rough between their fallen ranks.
Trailing
at the edges
goldenrod and purples,
lush growth
rusted through-
September steals the show
from summer's verdant green.
Dancing breath before me swirls,
held and blown
like a five year olds-
into the orchard,
Eden’s rival.
Beneath whose trees,
find I this joy?
Morning cool
gives way as rising heat
kisses apple-swollen branches
with slanting light.
Bees here too,
sipping nectar-
scattered drops
beneath
these ancient trees.
As I,
eyes closed,
breathe deep
the drunken mix of
heat and cool
sweet and rank,
spent days and horded nights.
Bitter sweetly tucked away-
treasure to admire
when winter's blanket falls.
Fall descends
on frosted morning
fields of corn
rough between their fallen ranks.
Trailing
at the edges
goldenrod and purples,
lush growth
rusted through-
September steals the show
from summer's verdant green.
Dancing breath before me swirls,
held and blown
like a five year olds-
into the orchard,
Eden’s rival.
Beneath whose trees,
find I this joy?
Morning cool
gives way as rising heat
kisses apple-swollen branches
with slanting light.
Bees here too,
sipping nectar-
scattered drops
beneath
these ancient trees.
As I,
eyes closed,
breathe deep
the drunken mix of
heat and cool
sweet and rank,
spent days and horded nights.
Bitter sweetly tucked away-
treasure to admire
when winter's blanket falls.