REST

Gray, damp, 
Overcast, 
Is the sky
Behind dark trees.
Mildew is growing,
Blooming black,
The road is Sand, 
Deep and dry.
Plants hang limp
With thirst. 
Work is futile.  
I sit and rest,
While drinking tea.
I watch leaves  
Gently sway,
As the slowly drift,
Falling away,
Falling.
Each one, 
Dancing alone,
Until, 
On the ground,  
They gather. 
I sit and rest.
I drink tea. 
The sky is gray.   
The  forest is silver.
The air is damp.
The sand is 
Dry, and deep. 
I sit, resting.
I drink my tea. 
I am older 
Than I was 
A little while ago.
Leaves gently sway,
Falling.

REST
Agawela October 29, 2022
ⓒBearspawprint2022

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Last Day Of December

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As gloomy and colorless as this last day of 2013 is, the humble

Tea Olive is still blooming , wafting it’s delicious scent

into the damp colorless gray.

BACK GARDEN SKY, THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER 2013

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TEA OLIVE ON THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER 2013

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VARIS ELOINEN  —  Tenhi

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