September Dawn

Backlit in a dew-dropped park,
geese browse among diamonds, unspent
​bounty, before the outbound flight.
A walker bundled in a blanket texts
hello and good-bye while crows mock.
A yogi on her final downward dog
bows to a rising sun as willows sleep.
Sway, weep, sigh as seasons pass you by
(oh, the liminal unsubstantiality of it all!)
Taking leave in a sun-kissed mist.

​

---