Purple violet sky
Angry clouds begin to cry
Autumn falls on high

Over natures moat
Castles of the cavemen float
Under heavens coat

Swamp of rotting reeds
Filled with cat nine tails and weeds
Home to future seeds

Cactus prickly
Standing guard in lei of trees
Desert sentries

Warming carves a path
Through the winter's bitter wrath
Into springtime’s bath

Waves cleansing the land
Washing over best laid plans
Footprints on the sand

Flowers on the pond
Little pads that frogs rest on
While they sing their song

Jumping from a hedge
Living life out on a ledge
Resting on the edge

Wings upon the wind
Sends them back to where they’ve been
There the air is thin

© 2006 JVD