life is seasons
babes is spring birth this fruitful quarter carry on into adult
create worlds experience joys hold back sorrows plant hopes
summer comes partners babies in their own spring careers houses cars insurances
for harvest comes proclamations of these crops of effort
autumn dawns even as the heat of summer sun glows bright
the turning back of leaves tossing off of excess shedding accumulations
autumn
I sense the weight of collected life
seasons that hold so much
the clock circumferent with no end
shed the supports nestle into winters coming winds welcome the final quarter
see this world as a guide for a life this circle no end
the welcoming of every day makes sense
and the compost of life is a richer mix every new sprout from the soil of winter’s end
much more indulgent to the imperfections of everything
I can smile to the sunshine with whole uplifting wings