in the carnival
that is life
time spins fields
of sunflowers
sweet corn
and sassafras
tilts and whirls
to form
paths where caravans travel
riding out their destiny
in the dusk,
at evenfall
in firelight's twitching flames
music echoes
scuffed boots dance
in drifting dust
raised under wheels
worn and rusted
heavy with age
when darkness swallows
the horizon
dying embers crackle
spit
spark
sink into
stillness
stars peep through
the dark curtain
of the sky
moon follows
- radiant -
the sky is theirs
- the moon and stars -
until midnight
wanders in
bringing gravid clouds,
pregnant with life
the moon hides
stars recede
as if too shy to watch
the wind awakens
seems rhythmic
in its gasps
lightning rips the dark drape
thunder bellows
clouds
- labor relieved -
pour forth
delivering their gift
earth's lifeblood
soothes the dust
twists
cascades
down the hills
forming whirlpools
collects in streams and rivulets
that merge
with
grateful rivers
winding
to the sea
homecoming
of
the carnival
of life
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 at 10:16 AM UTC
in the carnival
that is life
time spins fields
of sunflowers
sweet corn
and sassafras
tilts and whirls
to form
paths where caravans travel
riding out their destiny
in the dusk,
at evenfall
in firelight's twitching flames
music echoes
scuffed boots dance
in drifting dust
raised under wheels
worn and rusted
heavy with age
when darkness swallows
the horizon
dying embers crackle
spit
spark
sink into
stillness
stars peep through
the dark curtain
of the sky
moon follows
- radiant -
the sky is theirs
- the moon and stars -
until midnight
wanders in
bringing gravid clouds,
pregnant with life
the moon hides
stars recede
as if too shy to watch
the wind awakens
seems rhythmic
in its gasps
lightning rips the dark drape
thunder bellows
clouds
- labor relieved -
pour forth
delivering their gift
earth's lifeblood
soothes the dust
twists
cascades
down the hills
forming whirlpools
collects in streams and rivulets
that merge
with
grateful rivers
winding
to the sea
homecoming
of
the carnival
of life
