intolerable
this longing for winter’s thaw
while fall’s leaves yet cling
intolerable
this longing for winter’s thaw
while fall’s leaves yet cling
went for morning walk
looking to greet the sunrise
met a brown eye doe
no fear in her gaze
bounding away only
when runners approached
white tail bobbing
up and down in sea of gold
leaving wake of joy
#leaves on the tree
equal #leaves on the ground
then the wind shifts
evenly spaced gulls
capping overflow dam
holding back the flood
moving across pond
paddling duck pulls trailing wake
darkness swallows all