Come Gather After Dawn

Come Gather After Dawn Come gather after dawn Trees leave ingredients behind They die Apparently an air of autumn rises To conspire Caught up in the surprise Leaves settle old scores And seem too heavy for the earth Hiding by doors Lingering about golden fields Blown there by old winds Lawns listen to strangers And crackles here and there Mysteriously retracing every step A dangerous undertaking Secrets are better left unsaid Come gather after dawn Seasons fall along the lines of reason Drawn to laws of nature They take. Give nothing back And in the dark Things grow We know to keep quiet To face the fierce and wild rains untamed Wait and wait again with patience That’s when we’ll find the way Through darkened forest To gather after dawn