Transition
Transition
It is a day of transition
as summer heat has died
and the leaves of autumn hold position
beginning to release the summer ties.
Mid October on the dot
as near and distant trees begin to alter hues
painting yellows and orange brown spots
to match green red purples becoming blues.
In the stir softly rises from the life below
scented burning oak and apple wood
with embers alighting bright campfire glows
burning with embracing warmth where the trees once stood.
The sky draws closer as the blue transforms
to dark sprawling gray robed clouds
harbingers of a newly predicted storm
as cold drops of rain fall from their shrouds.
A brief, quiet stillness creeps along the pines
slithering in anticipation of being unbound
and leaves patiently await the winds of time
to find their rest upon the ground.
They catch the breeze and ride the air
a seasonal journey begins again
touching here and floating there
and the earth gently heaves a sigh of pain.
Earth rises from the cold without
drawing up and down to a desired rest.
Creatures, birds and plants no longer doubt
that change will always puts us to the test.
Nature sighs with every windy breath
knowing all things pass away
and the unknown fear of death
forces us to cling to one more day.
This world exists forever in transition
never able to remain the same
eventually giving in, accepting changes to inner cognition
that in the end, nothing is abstained.
To see the illusions of the futures yet unborn
living, now, that alone is enduring and real
nothing grows to its completion without thorns
and life does not return to where it was, despite the zeal.
Seasons leave and come again,
Spring, Summer, Autumn Fall and Winter
and each is its own conductor of the train
holding time in place, forever in transitions splinter.
Copyright © DM Babbit | Year Posted 2015
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