these rainy nights we contend and pray
the ceiling holds; keep faith in the bones
of this old house, a warm cup of tea,
fighting a cough and a chill -- October
sweeps in riding on a blanket
of multicolor leaves caught
in the process
of falling
Tag Archives: October
wrap the mind like a well used water hose then put it away
warm today, that summer humidity absent the sun growing distant sending softer light
leaves exploding, fading, blowing away
delay delay the leaf blowers and seasonal landscaping, let the dirt sleep a nature slumber
like here at the coffee shop – leave us the simple pleasures of existing
sitting thinking about the desperation of previous days, memories detached and blowing in the breeze
of one more October
Autumn Notes, 12 and 13
12.
i dream of rising waters after the storm
eyes open. the Appalachians sprout the season
wash colors down the valleys to the river
away
i dream of rising waters
13.
October is September scrubbed clean
in heavy rains
the wind coursed us here
to a cityscape glistening in bright decay
born out of fog someone reads as desperate