Slipping Into Autumn
Slipping into Autumn
Next to spring,
autumn brings so much color, it is almost indescribable
the beauty lies in the sun light
glimmering in sultry reflections,
the tattered leaves dying give rise to the abundance
of a hidden harvest ready for taking then sleep.
Breathing desperate
holding onto the last promises of seasons warmth and growth
the magnificence of light creeping in thru tree shadows
lingering and skipping on the branches,
the leaf hues ebb and flow, blending and bleeding
between the red orange hackle berry and the green paling oak.
Heartbeat of the earth
pounding with oncoming change of seasons seen before
yet never to be seen the same again
shedding leaves in wind and rain patches piling on the ground
the sounds and visions of change
one bowing to another, welcoming and parting quietly.
Soul of the earth
resurrected by the light to rise and again be seen
the solace of hope
clinging to creation from the mind and heart of God,
the eye of time
slips in and out waiting and watching.
The human body bears
the lessons learned harboring deeper messages
the signs of things to come
that signal new life and the dreams that rest in wait,
as the shadows fade into the dusk
and darkness falls soft in multicolored pastel skies.
The spirit remains
seeking out all that waits fulfillment of the cycle
that turns the world
revolving in the images of autumn and its resilience
the moment marked in time
by picture and memory of what was and yet can be.
To see it all again
in a slightly different light
the embrace of the how and why
we live, grow, change and age
seeing the world anew
for the first time slipping into autumn.
One season slips away
another ready and eager to take its place
the flow of life
ever changing, ever repeating
the point of existence
reborn.
Copyright © DM Babbit | Year Posted 2016
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