DEEP IN AUTUMN

(Written in honor of a splendid autumn day in

Northern Alabama, on October 27, 1991) 

I remember the day,

 As I blissfully walked in her beauty.

 I was deeper in autumn than I had ever hoped to be,

Gathering memories that filled my heart for many years after…

I was

 Deep in autumn…

 Deep in her breast,

 Of comforting gold’s, oranges, and reds.

I sensed 

Her woodsy aromas… 

Of softened air and forested paths

 Whose leaves had been sounded and rearranged.

I felt

 Alive, in the crispness 

Of her dawning days,

 And fully clouded nights. 

Nurtured,

As a trusted dear companion 

That stayed with me when I needed them the most… 

In the quietude of winter and my own softened days.

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