BLOWN AWAY
Autumn leaves of stunning colours in tranquility lay
carpeting the earth with beauty one sunny day.
Abruptly! A call for the wind came forth
blowing fiercely and cold from the far-away North.
The leaves stood to attention on trembling stems in the grass
while some shivered and snuggled hoping all this would pass.
Alas, in a fury the wind began seething
lifting leaves to the sky, joining those assaulted to leaving
their homes in the trees, a commotion, a dither
as they arose in a whirlwind flying hither and thither.
Flung against hedgerows, houses, and out unlatched gates
where they frantically rushed down the streets oblivious to possible fates.
Smacked against windshields, crushed red beneath wheels
as flashes of colour zoomed past with horrid mute squeals.
Was it all meant as a fine day of autumnal play
or a mid season war as the sky turned angry and gray,
with attacking rain and hail adding chaos to storm,
leaving the sky in a state of unusual form?
In time the wind whipped black rain clouds away,
A calm fell so softly on the leaves in unruly array,
while the sun crept forth bravely caressing foliar disruption destined to decay
On just one day in October of Autumn’s mind-blowing display.
Trudy Peters
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Thanksgiving Potluck Lunch
Grateful for a WONDERFUL family.
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