Autumn Glistening

Squirrel across the leaves
matches the gray cloudiness.
Dim morning unfolds.

A misting of rain
Coats the surface of the road--
Autumn glistening.\











Rattle in the leaves--
Wind and rain cooperate.
Autumn glistening.

LATER


Rain and clouds have passed;
Sun lights up patches of grass.
Goats look idyllic.









One ragged leaf
Absorbs the light of the sun--
Becomes a plant moon.









An endless moment--
Clouds conceal the sunshine:
Strange hooded twilight.

Fiddles when they're young;
Fiddles when they are no more--
Fern to fern cycle.









Woods grow dark quickly;
Clouds and evening conspire.
Only the birds speak.