seasons – Shift Key

Haiku 80.21

it’s that time of year
cooler nights and leaves start to
show up on the ground

hot air and high wind
battle for space as branches
sway and squirrels play

fall clouds tease as they
float above the last of the
summer heat I pray

in early fall
leaves float
down

so slowly

one here and
one there

each like a
single tear
for another

summer passing

chipmunks run stop run
some more jump from lawn to fence
to trees then repeat

neighbors outside are
close enough to hear but too
far to understand

a few fallen leaves
blow across the yard hostile
to this late hot spell

it was clear that autumn
is calmly taking over

without a cloud in the
sky the sun seemed so
bright and unstoppable

as we sat and enjoyed
this rare day she
gazed skyward then

turned to me and said
it is like

water in the sky

I turned to her smiled
and said you know I
think you just gave

me my poem for today

after a hot and
humid summer what a joy
to feel the cool air

cooler nights and hot
days clash as a few leaves fall
unseen anyway