Nature's Harmonies

a dull light encircles our surroundings,

everywhere the eyes can see is muted...

leaves begins to change their colors and soon

will leave their hosts altogether for a brief

journey downward when they fall to the ground

and are mulched up for topsoil by the owners

of the land on which they remain voluntarily;

it is the cycle of life displayed every year

right before our eyes and no one is charged

an admission fee to see the spectacle as it

provided free-of-charge by nature's mother

and her brood of trees planted long before

any of us ever took our first breath of life;

muted rain falls on freshly cut green grass

forcing it to become greener as it grows the

last time before its winter hybernation, but

this time it will be allowed to tassle and reseed

making it more hearty and plentiful in the spring;

the land curves downward from the houses

all around forming a mini valley in the middle

to transport the rain away from them to those

built lower on the sloop and again to those

built even lower...  until an oasis of flatness

naturally created for the excess runoff of water;

the quiet morning provides no clues of later

hours and the sky above retains an inclement

weather attitude...  we shelter in place and 

wait for an enlightened day to arrive where we

can live our final days inside nature's harmonies.

16 October 2021