Tribute to Fall

Tribute to Fall.

Today, I awoke to a brilliant blue sky,
the trees they were burnished,
the grass, not so dry.
A single leaf danced
as the wind started up
and the rain from the gutters
dripped down,
drop on drop.

Today, I woke up to a shimmering lake
alligators snapped
as the water did break.
Higher than ever
it swirled round and round,
opalescent eddies,
surging towards ground.

Today, I was wandering in scrub wilderness
with blue jays and butterflies,
and birds, building nests.
The eye of the sun
cast its honeyed light
on the earthen pathways
that stretched to the sky.

Today, I woke up as the thunder it roared,
and the seahorses crashed
on the fringe of the shores.
Lightning split skies
as the sea broke the sand
and my heart thrilled once more -
wild tides, untamed land.

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