Autumn Sojourn
/The smell of smoke from a wood fire -
Applewood, hickory, pine -
Wafts across the ridge
Shadows lengthening in the late afternoon
Overhead, sun-dappled leaves remaining on limbs -
Orange, red, gold -
Rustle in a light breeze
Some detaching and drifting earthward
Whilst dried remains already fallen to ground -
Brown, crumbling, snapping -
Crackle beneath my boots
As I amble deeper into the forest
I am, for a moment, transported in time
To earlier days of youth
Hiking the woods with my father
Hunting squirrels in the tree tops
I linger there
Enjoying his company
In the warm embrace
And comfort of nostalgia
‘Twas not the hunt
For I was not much of a hunter
But rather than companionship
Shared between boy and man
After I time, I am returned to the present
In the deepening gloom of twilight
And, turning, begin my descent from the heights
Returning once again home
Renewed by Autumn’s glorious majesty
And warm memories
Of a time spent in love
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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