It’s the normal practice of this blog to post once a day. This is a rare double post because the subject of this post just won’t be germane tomorrow. When the spirit gives one joy, it’s good to share it. Enjoy.
colors at first light
geese flying in missing man
Taps softly humming
to honor all the Fallen
serve the good common to all
if leaves had fallen
branches would not have broken
when the ice storm came
sometimes that’s the way it is
and nature follows her laws
Last week an early winter storm rained and sleeted ice that left over two hundred thousand homes without power. Early on I remembered looking out at the trees in the greenbelt behind our house and thinking that if the rain would stop the ice would melt off the leaves and branches would lift back off again with little or no harm being done. And, we know the rest of that story. Today as I watch my fellow Americans stand in long lines to cast their votes in the most pivotal presidential election that I can remember, I experienced a little deja vu. Let’s hope that we can all come together and live peacefully in the aftermath.
the scales has been set
excess growth and early freeze
the winds cast their votes
no one said justice was fair
only that mercy was kind
a flash of lightning
eyes and wipers wide open
red lights in the dark
edging the side of the road
to not drift across lane lines
quietly a cold front
turns the thunderstorm to sleet
icing the city
and just like that winter’s here
though we barely saw autumn
Longing For Water 