Autumn Colors My Eyes by Myrtle Thomas

 

Photo of a lake in Batesville, Indiana © R & M Thomas 

Autumn Colors My Eyes

the night's darkness has moved

to expose the autumn day

frost glistens on the colored leaves

as they wave in their bright robes.

daylight brings the rumble of autumn

thunder, at first a trickle of rain drops

then steady crystal sheets wash the air

and battle the tree branches as they bend

in the wind like skeletons.

I recall a racoon walking through a corn field

searching for mice or left over corn kernels

feet so quiet not even a hair is disturbed

or a fallen leaf torn by their claws.

when autumn arrives my eyes are even larger

the window's of my soul rejoice at the first leaf

while my heart dances in the month of my birth

a day between sun and moon where Virgo passes

the torch to Libra.

time seems to move quickly from frost

to the whisper of winter's angry winds

the door seems to breathe and shudder

my eyes still hold the robes of red and gold

with just a hint of emerld green hues.

autumn is an artist without paint brushes

without borders and boundaries without rules

but it was just yesterday that my heart sank

in knowing that I have to let go of the beautiful

landscape of full moons resting on red branches.

it's here in the tabernacle of heaven and earth

that my restless soul finds the calm rivers of hope

the congregation of leaves and emerald moss

a chorus of sparkling stars hung in the universe

the moonlight and sunlight witness a stir of faith.

I can lay my mind to rest for maybe just a moment

and dream of white clouds against a blue sky

and the scent of fresh rain as it sits on a clump of moss

my church is found in the woods where I walk as a child

where I speak quietly and secretly to the creator

the spirit remains Holy.

© Myrtle Thomas

Myrtle Thomas lives in the United States and is retired which gives her time to write her poetry. Myrtle has been published in several poetry journals such as " Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal , Lothlorien Poetry Journal , Fevers of The Mind Journal, Keeping The Flame Alive,  Sincere Dalliances , Literary Cocktail Magazine , Writers and Readers Magazine , Masticadores USA WordPress , Chewers and Masticadores WordPress , October Stories , Ink Pantry. She can be found on ALL poetry .com under Penn name Blue2U.