Autumn wind Brings scattered leaves, Splattered, With red and gold. Autumn wind

The misty, night rain, Soaking bare trees, Bringing nourishment. I stand at the window, A steady beat echoes

Brown hawk with spotted tail, soaring on the wind, balancing like a sail. Your piercing cry

It’s that time of year again. The sound of honking geese fills the air, as they pass in alignment, to the Deep South.

It’s a billion stars moving and co… While we sleep. It’s one miracle after another and… We do not take the leap. It’s the great heave of nature

Remember the night we took your mother’s car and drove over the skyway bridge? The moon was a bright light to show the way.

In the noble purpose of my life, In the clear and quiet chamber Of my soul, In the open and warm cave Of my heart,

The dance of fear, Of not being enough, Stops and starts. The unknown, an Uncharted sea,

Summer is near it’s end, I regret not visiting my childhood home, near the gulf, where the sunset

The many places I have been And countless faces I have seen, The many tales to be told, Into the universe, they unfold. It’s all a passing show,

Embrace that which comes with ease: The twinkling of an eye, The drumbeat of a heart, The blooming of a flower,

On this New Year’s Eve Direction lost Drifting like blowing snow To and fro. A freeze comes

In the bright moments My mind is a flame, Melting obstacles, Gaining gifts of wisdom. In the dark moments

Unable to be all things For all people, Perhaps at one time, I tried. Those days are

Her smile was like gold, Her lines were often bold, Her stories of wisdom told, In books that are now sold. She has left the earth,