to rest on the plush pine needle carpet,
listen to the song of the leaves and the river
and hear the wisdom of your own heart.
Center
who has lost her needles but not her magnificence.
Sacred is the center.
Swarm
yellow leaves flutter and buzz in the breeze.
Passing
their transient nature intensifying their beauty.
Needles and Bark
are balanced in the pine,
perfect counterparts.
Emerald Table
where the forest kin celebrate harvest.
Autumn Tracks
The whisper and crunch of leaves
is the sound of Fall’s journey.
Other Views
pine needles and moss.
Energy has color.
Trinity
in nature’s design.
Chipmunk
as I hide behind a stem.
Are you foe or friend?
Broken
now the the mighty pine
nourishes the river bank and bottom.
So goes the cycle of life.
Stump
a mountain with moss trees for insects to scale.
Sunlight
tiger stripes
the pond.
Blossom End
a
God’s Eye.
Witch’s Hat
in preparation for their ride on branch and pine needle brooms
across the Halloween moon.
October Snow
in respect to winter.
Back Light
the illuminated leaf
lights the forest journey.
Milk Weed
fly away on Santa’s whiskers
before the first snow falls.
Pumpkin Scar
This is the symbol for courage.
Water Fall
a plush pile carpet of leaves,
water carbonated with laughter –
this is the spot where the fairies play.
Other Cosmos
in a blue bowl.
Cone Flowers
but your beauty and grace remain
and will be scattered by the wind.
Trail
you are not alone.
The trail is marked.
Mountain Range
The mountains are my ocean.
Surface of Sound
Limbs and Leaves
A web of leaves.
The forest is a tapestry.
Flame
celebrate color
in all of its intensity and delicacy.
Waiting
the Christmas trees wait for their season.
Survivor
but still you remain, standing tall;
your root ball defying gravity.
Cathedral
