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The Orange Convergence
October 29, 2013
The heat retreats from chill hungry wind,
the leaves subject to their
short-lived war,
falling in death
do they part from the branches.
We see this and accept defeat,
that happiness has followed the leaves with them
to be decomposed.
But this is not the end.
The soft swirl of birds’ migrations,
a soothing silence in the dead October nights,
the heedful drift of pumpkin pie
and slow-roasted turkey
all hint that the happiness remains alive
underneath the amber leaves.
You must welcome the change
with willing hearts
as your ancestors did before you.
© Crystal P., Havre, MT
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