OCTOBER
I am eager for the first signs of Goldenrod
Fortune and prosperity overdue
Peaks of yellow by the lake
Fall – always playing hard to get –
makes me work for softer weather
So, I shed the grief that had functioned
as a second skin during those
seemingly endless summer months of
searing heat and unrelenting moisture
No answer or understanding
Just a cool breeze yielding against
something soft and bare
Peaks of yellow