Friday, August 15, 2025

Dead Season

 

The sky is grey and hides the sun,

there is no wind, the air is still.

The promised rain has not yet come.


In blazing summer, we would shun

the sunlight. knowing it can kill

but now the grey sky hides the sun.


In winter, we have learned to run

through puddles, dodging overspill

but now, the rain has not yet come.


Between things ended and begun,

between fall heat and winter chill,

the sky is grey. There is no sun


to warm the dead grass. Streams are dumb

and reservoirs cannot refill

because the rain has not yet come.


There is so much that must be done

but oh, I cannot find the will

while greyness blocks the light of sun

and I await the rain to come.

 

Books Available
Dervish Lions
The Day of My First Driving Lesson
Country Well-Known as an Old Nightmare's Stable
High-Voltage Lines
Knocking from Inside

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