Winter Side of Fall


Evening light is best this time of year
Glow of yellow leaves on trees
Glow of light inside homes
And glow of the sun’s low angle
Burn together
In a golden hour
Evening moves on
Sky orange air
Drains into the horizon
Air now more cold than cool
Carries the wood fire smell
Known to the most ancient of ancestors
Elements of instinct
Recognized as a kid
When you look up from down the street
More night than day
Moved by dying cold air colors
Time to find your way home





Anticipation


Anticipation
is plunging
your hand
into the black hole
not knowing
if it contains
angry scorpions
or jelly beans.





Moral Footing
 

Tenderfoots haven’t walked
enough to know
Feet stomp grapes under the Tuscan sun
Step across the threshold
Kick victory through the uprights
Take premiere position during Swan Lake
Walk hot coals to prove
The mind can take it 
Surfers hang ten 
In blue Hawaii
Robinson Crusoe found hope
In Friday’s footprint
History holds feet accountable
Don’t tread on me
Goose step down the Champs-Élysées 
March across a bridge in Selma
Feet can save your souls