Older Poems from the Pen of Olan L. Smith

After This

After This

©2010, Olan L. Smith

Leaves lay crumpled in yard

Brown-

Drying-

Dead-

Lifeless entities

Left to rake, burn

Or rot where they pile,

Abandoned trees

Forsaken-

Denuded-

Silhouettes-

In the sun,

Like whispery shadows

Before a luminous orb.

Leaves-

Like our bodies

Become

Fertilizer for Gaia's

Enriched blackened soil,

Readied for cultivation.

Vestiges-

Are our spirits

Homeless-

Like leaves departing their progenitor

Perhaps floating in ether-

Or purgatory-

Even Hades;

Yet, heaven anticipates

Those who recognize

Love.