Summer Speeds By

Old brown leaves from last fall, spread down the wooded hillside Soon to be covered with new colorful leaves this year I passed a tree already turning a bright color of red I suppose it won’t be long now, before the rest follow The blanket of green fern are standing tall beneath the pines The sun fleets in and out of the large passing clouds Some gray ones lurk above, wanting to bring more rain But, the ground is already wet, soaked from earlier times That flattened leaves, and turned the colors in the trees --- As summer speeds by --- Heidi Sands 8/20/17