Wednesday, November 1, 2006

This time of year


This photo was taken by my friend who lost his dad this past week.  I included it, because it's really more about life than death to me.

At this time of year, while I watch,

the trees struggle between life and sleep

through the strongest brilliance they will know,

shedding their coverings for the harsh, brittle

state of winter.  I see that the only way

they can possibly live again is to die –for now. 

Dropping all signs of life through a grand

array, they lie still and bare until,

through the wonder of spring,

they are resurrected to beauty and vibrance.



Such is a picture of our seasons

and of our lives.

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