Sunlight through the trees on the hill

Sunlight through the trees on the hill

Light
caught in golden leaves
a moment of magic glimpsed
between rain-dark tree trunks
spindle-fingered
letting their own raiment slip away

~while one shrubby tree-bush blazes~

magic
this single sapling garbed in gold
sunburst-bright
and hung with silent coins
defying the gloom
glorious.