Soon the walls will be buried
the old stone walls
under the lichen, the leaves, the needles
buried under the snow
Now merely obscured
their straight edges muted
the boundaries merely hidden
under the weight of autumn
The leaves of this season added
to the litter on the ground
the nesting places for many
keeping warm under the layers
The straight lines marking
boundaries no longer with meaning
in another season
when others worked this land
October 21, 2010
Stone walls and autumn
Copyright by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage.
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