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Autumn Leaves
volume 6 number 7
Autumn Leaves volume 6 number 7 |
sometimes
beside bayberries
under scrub pines
that
grow near dunes
I hear seagulls
calling to the sea
I hear snow
geese
calling to their mates
I hear the barking
of the Barrens
deer
Then I go out
into the rising light
and
walk
beneath the pines
beside the bayberries
out onto the dunes
and
look
across the rising tide
into the pink and mauve
of the sunrise
I look at the tide
washing on the shore
the stones
lying
closer than the tide
floating
grey and pink
in the rising
light
the sands floating
among floating stones
pink and grey and
white
I watch
the rising light
and the floating
stones
until I see
a shadow
falling
upon dunes
a man's
shadow
moving
across dune grass
and I turn
and look beside me
to find you
standing
there
watching me
watching floating stones
and floating sand
and
the rising tide
in the rising light
of a new day.
