fleeting

just as one bud
turned autumn leaf aflutter
& so your presence

chill air threatens
to invade every crevice
& so your presence

warmed sun behind
wind-driven cloud of dry
& so your presence

round seasons ply
in tangible hope espied
your fleeting presence

one single impression

autumn

exhale of summer

one achingly beautiful

red leaf releasessea of field

yellow bloom belies the turn

soon to brownautumn wind

whispering through tired leaves

of firelight to come

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one single impression

flow

ocean wide

these dreams are pulled

in timeless currents

that lead me back to you

pilgrimage

all the hard words in the world
will not settle
the undercurrent of unrest;
life on the journey
is not home,
a divided soul
stumbles on
sidestepping in a terrain
that will always be foreign
but not without
a promise~
whispered above the din
in time, to know
as we are known.

spectacle

close up

life's spectacles all look

familiarthrough the lens

of life's grand vision

see as seen

one single impression