sumac – leaf and twig

Reading Signs

goodbye
was written
in morse code

glowing
like a jack’o lantern
lit from within

winter rose
rusted red roofs
early rural valentine

black bird rests
in the red winter rose
snowfall’s tableau

ruby red traces
of Aphrodite’s shower of kisses
the world awakens to love

the mountain ridge
the sumac’s reach
the destiny of spring

barn doors and sumac
witnessing the seasons
as their colors fade

winter’s red roses
sumac in snow