I wait for the leaves to change colors and drop
though for no particular reason this October.
Two friends who shared my love of autumn
and its spectacular show no longer are here.
Sunny days will flood my cares away again,
though fall’s weather usually precludes these.
Fond memories of drives in the country mellow,
while company of others relieves aches, pains,
even those I don’t acknowledge, for a while.
Time heals all wounds, it is said, but how much
no one has ever quantified the dosage
or how medication is taken for various ills.
Then sight of a red leaf makes me smile, unexpectedly.
Brightness of color was reported unlikely.
Our dry summer had been said to preclude this.
Apparently Mother Nature didn’t read that story.
Rod Reeves 05 Oct
2013
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