Early morning chill

beaded sweat on wire

 

gold of autumn  tinge

between your heart & mine.

 

Drifted by so quick

a flash of tears & laughter

 

have brought us here.

 

Spring was full of hope

summer fluctuated

 

beautifully fecund.

 

Golden corn & silver wheat

surround me in high field.

 

It’s time to say goodbye

ephemeral  ”now ” slips

 

through my sticky fingers;

 

one glorious burst of gold,

a glinted copper sheen

 

across the span of years

to bridge us.