A Cut of Autumn

Flickering sunlight
Lights up patches on the lawn;
Breeze shakes the lit leaves.

 Bird swoops down and up
Lightly skims over the grass,
Searching for a meal.

 

Shadow on the barn,
Leaning with the old ladder;
All is cool and crisp.

 

 A shadow passes--
It's a flying falling leaf,
Heading towards the ground.

 

   


Shaking in the woods;
Distant calling of some crows;
Trees rustle in wind.

 

 Bright blade of orange
Slices down between the green:
A cut of Autumn.

Car chirps behind me;
We wave as he passes by:
Anonymous friend.

Snorting happily
A tractor passes me by
Into the shadows.