"The autumnal cloudbank returning the sea"

Deeper in Autumn The deeper in autumn the deeper life feels Like the way an autumnal cloudbank reveals Light revealing nothing by translucency Deeper light is better light by which to see The deeper in autumn as deeper we share The idea of home and of our being there Wherever home is whatever home might be It feels less real in place than in memory And is borne and is worn like the clothes we wear Then when we remember it is November To break our hearts by how much we cared and care For what was loved and lost as we remember I can find home refracted in your handshake I can taste it in a gift from far away When it comes from you as a gift for my sake Then to be for the sake of humanity Given and given back again and again The autumnal cloudbank returning the sea Our tears are washed away in autumnal rain We have lived a lot and we will live still more And it is each other we are living for Light revealing everything translucently Like the way an autumnal cloudbank reveals The deeper in autumn the deeper life feels +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMIX