Out there where summer fell like autumn’s harvest-ready fruit
And twilight tolls, lonesome bell-tone rolling through
stricken wood
Thought is a tower window overlooking year-swept plains
The air soul-sweet and heavy wrapped in purple autumn rains
Out there where we too once inhaled the scent of darling dreams
And hours were steel stumbling blocks impeding moment-streams
We leaped carefree, oblivious to chiseled undertows
Intent upon the stepping-stones strung where tomorrow glows
Out there where we marveled at seasons spilling in full
bloom
We stooped to collect
fragments free-falling from heaven’s loom
Then, suddenly we paused, startled by serenades of yore
Discovery is double-edged and slices to the core
Out there where once we stumbled in love’s ever-
learning shroud
When we became acquainted with the ‘nevers’ we avowed
Now a new generation disembarks on virgin fell
Out there where summer falls and calls new dreamers to its swell
© Janet Martin
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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!