Two Skies

Morning brings

two skies

dark

and grumbling

above

beaming

blue

Trees wear

two colors

summer green

and

autumn scarlet

Flowers bloom

as their neighbors

fade

Afternoon

will bring

buzzing heat

but evening

hints

at frost

to come

 

I got up for this

 

I got up for this

to stand

above

rippling waters

and contemplate

the reflection

of the full moon

to follow

two geese in flight

my heart 

climbing

with their wingbeats

to see the sun rise

and notice

how the clouds

embrace

the dawn

reflecting fire

in the east

and faint pink 

in the west

To breath

To be

Thunder somewhere

In a dark

corner

beyond streetlights 

startled

by a flash

of lightning

Above

the sky

is veiled 

in transparent 

clouds

broken

by star-speckled

pools

of blue-black

All is silent

but

thunder 

somewhere 

 

September Between

Summer

is drowsy

sleeping late

then nodding off

when Lady Sun

pulls the shadows

long

as she slips to bed

early

 

Windtorn

 

Fall

feels near

as sunrise

and sunset

draw closer

Late summer storms

scatter

rain-ravaged leaves

already fading

mingled

with summer's seeds

and

skeletons

of flowers

No Power

 

Our human hands

have no power

to renew

We

control

tame

prune

select

supplement

eradicate

destroy

We can't

even

truly

co-exist

Only

restore

Only

surrender

Then

Nature

will

return

renew

recreate

Summer faces

The flowers

are waiting

faces tilted

to the morning

purple

gold

and palest pink

winking

amid

the

leaves