Stores

 

Morning light

and the dawn conversations

of birds

Summer's colors

have muted

to green

and gold

sumac red

and white

milkweed puff

Squirrels

hoard black walnuts

leaving behind

a litter of green husk

Chipmunks

scold from

the tangled canes

of wild raspberry

My stores

are rays of light

and wildflowers

perfume

of high summer

and

approaching

autumn