Monday, June 13, 2022

lee of seasons

Rain. 

Shrouding the valley like a blue silk bed sheet pulled tight.

Silent rain; slipped the battlefield of lightning and thunder coming unannounced.
 
Entering the lee of the seasons, we stand like children with our noses pressed to the glass waiting for permission.

A giant footrace with the sun, racing the green burning the ground into gold toward the finish line of cool Autumn nights as Winter's white bed is turned invitingly down.

I want to walk empty under a tall canopy of trees. 
I want to close my eyes and smell the rain turning to snow among the pines. 
I want to think in long uninterrupted lines that reach all the way down the foothills.

I want all summer in a day.