as time
went by
it all became one
Tag: decay
Apparition
the ghost
of hosta’s
past
The Old Birch Disrobed
time
takes her
seasons dress her
Found And Found Again
the truth
of beauty
is always rearranging
The Artist At Play
nature
in her paint box
the intrepid unexpected
Little Orange Village
fairies
destination vacation
spot
Pink Halo
columbine departs
trinity of trinity
leaves asunder
The Disappearing Barn
seasons
pass through
memories remain
Lesson In A Leaf
life asks
that we give away
little parts of ourselves
Leaf and Twig
both separated
from the tree
yet still entwined
Portals
life passes through
on the way
to the great beyond
Apple’s Obligation
time is the harvester
of a crop that grew
to feed the earth
Repose
beauty
in the ending
life wholly given
Near Enough
a great blue
dwarfed by ancients
returning to sacred ground
Saddled Up
swayback shed
saddled by the sky
ridden by time
Voiced
the center speaks
to all the beginnings to be
released when the bloom decays
Return
The birch lies with lichen and leaves
only to rise again in the next season
as hope eternal, the spring ephemerals.
Stories
Like the grain in wood
the grain of decay in the fern frond
tells the exquisite story of its life.
Holy Leaf
in its missing parts
resides another part of its magnificence.
Repossession
The woods reclaim the old barn
returning her lumber to the earth.
