Family
Second family
Spring
Summer
Fall
Family

I reconnected with
the older sister
that I never had
but had again
tonight

Spring
Summer
Fall
Family

How the years have
passed

Each thread unraveling
tying new knots
but not as strong
as those

that were the
connection formed
out of just
spending time
together

taking for granted
at times ignoring
one another
because time
there was plenty

and plenty it still was
when threads
crossed at
weddings
christenings

We were skipping over those encounters
light of feet and heart and mind and soul

Depth lost
bare threads
to be rejoined

to links that run
as deep
and still tell
of fragile brittle
matter

most

cannot be salvaged
yet
the attempt is there

The judgement is up
to see
if fall
a harvest

rich
or
poor

will come of this

The soul says
do pursue
hold open
the gate
and greet
who is
crossing its
threshold
with warmth
of past summer rays
fading into fall

Meet that person
again
in your home

before winter
falls upon us
and it is too late

for another occasion
to soak up that
summer warmth
of days that passed

Endless days

How we yearned
for night to fall
to give us rest reprieve
and stillness

Movement slowing even down
from that languid turn
in the sun that burned
our backs and charged
desires we didn’t even
know we had

Those days
Endless days
of summer

in which we took it
all for granted