Mountain Meaning V - Autumn Storm

In the twilight autumn storm Trampoline trees still green in the wind Roared like oceans crashing a beach Hail bouncing on their vinyl backs Leaves shriveling in electric flames Whipped from the tectonic clash of clouds No music to the thunder Bursts like bombs A quiet came Hours later Our bedroom windows Billow With an overnight avalanche of black cold air We at the bottom of the mountain Flood of breath A divinity Dispelling our illusion That we are separated from God Under the blankets My wife floats on a raft of dreams Faintly murmuring her pasts with gasps Mouth warming the back of my neck Down my spine Lifeline A hand migrating underneath Pulling me along Inhaling exhaling pulsing together Toward inevitable change of seasons.