-------Of Which We Dream-------
I
can see the snow
that
is soon
to
come
Falling
now
atop
the mountains.
The
future
can
feel
so
far away
And
yet
in
some ways near
In
the dreams we dream
and
moves
we
make
Toward
the
world
we
long to live in.
-------
-------Lay to Sleep-------
Soon
the
snow
is
going to come
And
lay to sleep
the
garden
A
blanket
upon
the
resting child
Of
all that we
have
planted
Every
seed
and
sprout,
root
and tree
Nothing
more
now
we can do
But
hold
their
light
til
Spring.
-------
-------Cover Crop-------
The
cover crops
are
growing
Like
weeds that we have planted
Tending
the
wound
That
is uncovered ground
With
roots
and
leaves
Who
hold the green
Through
the dark
between
Til
spring.
-------
-------Burdock-------
Stuck
to me
like
a burdock burr
Is
a stubborn faith
in
people.
The
most prickly
among
us even
Have
a taproot stretching
deep
into the earth
Into
a time
of
ancestors and children
Where
wonder
still
resides
And
the faith
inside
me lies
That
a taste of this
need
only be remembered
For
so much
in
this world to change.
-------
-------Amber-------
The flowers are gone
now
but their smiles
still remain
In the medicines
we made
when the moon was
full,
In the honey's
amber
and the winter squash
All holding
the light
until spring.
-------
-------Showing Off-------
I
am
not
shy with the woods
Nor
afraid
to
be myself
Especially
in Autumn
When
everyone,
it
seems,
Is
showing off
their
finest colors.
-------
-------Inner Truth-------
Change
me, Autumn,
like
you change the leaves
And
the flowers
into
fruit
beholding
seeds.
Remind
again
to
be humble
And
to forgive
Like
the leaves
forgive
The
green
that
is the pride
I
carry
To
the burgundy
and
gold within.
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