After the Storm

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Sunrise over the autumn yellow and red trees. Sunrise or sunset over a mountain range and yellow - red autumn trees dressed in blue fog and morning haze. Scenic stock images

After the storm with rain of yesterday
Condensation rises in the hollow
Cobalt clouds struck by the sun so far away

Swallows rise chasing bugs and crows follow
The sun behind the clouds cast an array
Shades of pink magenta slowly swallow

As seconds go by the sky doesn't stay 
Dressed in the same gown with shades of gold
Nor the earlier one of cobalt gray

The sun reaches tops of the pines as of old
Now almost too bright for the poet's eyes
Just when she's ready to poor out her soul 

With aged-spotted, wrinkled hands she'll wave bye
To her place on the porch, thoughts preoccupy     

Not so easy for me to do.
Contest: Five Stanza Terza Rima
Sponsor: L. Milton Hankins
7/9/2022

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