The great ebb

.

That long exhale, now,

To unrehearsed mornings

Lasting all day,

Again.

.

Sunday church scattered us,

Like the wind, here, lost in tree leaves,

Drawing the scent of damp ground:

Something bigger and even quieter 

than my own god could conjure,

Right under my feet.

.

I could barely hear the sounds

Of water toiling through rocks,

Unwavering mentor of time,

Sliding across great skies 

Painted in pastel reveries:

November’s gauze, now,

So easy and gentle.