And Just Like That
And just like that
one swing of the ax,
Autumn`s been felled
and winter is back.
With shivering maples
the sun in reverse,
the snow laden boughs
of balsam and birch.
The streams have gone silent
birds without verse,
our days now in darkness,
the tilt of the earth.
Copyright © Charlie Knowlton | Year Posted 2021
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