Soft rain on hard ground

Releasing blackberry scent

The smells of autumn

Yellow grass ripples 

A sea of seeds scattering 

As the seasons change 

And so I wander 

Without direction or home

Have I lost my way? 

Golden ears of wheat

Swelling in the evening sun

Awaiting harvest 

The fuzzy peach moon

Climbing out of dark pine trees

Igniting the dusk 

Drifting tumbleweed 

An eternal voyager

A life without roots

Cygnus flies towards

Cepheus’ silver palace

On his milky trail 

Cerulean sea

Surrounds secret sandy shores

Still cicadas sing 

Forgotten islands

Rise from evening sea mist

Cries from the crows nest

Run river, run fast

Stand forever firm mountain 

And now fly fly, fly

A paste of blue mud

Covers me like a new skin

Wash away my fears

When day becomes night 

Or where the sky meets the sea

Too deep to behold

Set my tired eyes

Toward distant pallisades

Cities in the sky

Golden mountains hang

A glimpse of another world

Shorouded in bronze clouds 

Through these quiet nights

Restlessness twisting me round 

My only escape 

Tiger striped sunset

Zebra ripples on the sea

Lions in the sand

Shedding detritus 

Layers of discarded skins 

Returning to dust 

As the autumn creeps

Slowly into golden leaves

They curl up and die 

Singing in silence.

Keep these petals folded up

Dancing in the dark

Don’t let me grow old

Helpless needy and useless 

Finish me off now 

Meteor showers

Like butterflies fluttering 

Between ancient trees 

White pinpricks twinkle

A milky smear smudged across

The deep dark sky

Black bat wings beating

Between the evening shadows

Sheltered in darkness