Late September

Image: Charlie Parant Appetite for Photos

Time hides between the second hands

while evening takes the hinterlands;

the treetops bask in orange glow

as twilight falls upon the land.

Their shadows dance, simpatico;

as daylight fades we watch them grow;

while Autumn sings her ripened tune

and summer bedlam starts to slow.

And through the trees, a harvest moon

now peaks through shroud of cloud cocoon

ever soft, her afterglow

whispers “Winter’s coming soon.”

As late day sky turns indigo

the cawing of a lonely crow

reminding us it’s time to go;

...reminds again, it's time to go.

© Ginny Brannan 2017

*Image taken by Charlie Parant and used here with expressed written permission from photographer.

Note: the image is formatted correctly. It is a reflection in the water, hence appears "upside down."