October Windows

The dogwood holds

one hundred tinted windows

to the westering light

It's summer-humming rooms

swept empty

of their seethe of green 

are quiet as a church,

and sun enters alone

to set aglow its floors

with rosy tones

as for a holy day.

The eye may enter here

the round returning room

of nature's rest

of nature's secret joy,

of nature's's treasured waiting

for the grand day 

of festivity.

- AFB 10-15-24