After A Long, Dry Summer

 

 

Autumn has finally appeared

Sweeping in with its burst of fresh air;

So with jubilation after a long, dry summer,

I step out

To feel, to see, to hear

The world becoming perfect around me,

And I inhale and I exhale,

For all is well.

And every inch of sky around me

Takes a breath,

Breathing deeper,

Breathing fuller,

Breathing sweet gusts of wind,

Breathing swirls of leaves and twigs dancing,

Breathing the new fall air.

As the skies darken just a shade

And the wind brushes away the lingering summer,

A few timid beads of rain clear the way

For a bold outpouring of life-showers.

And in the scattered drops—

Pittering and pattering on the streets,

In the yards, through the trees, and on every rooftop—

Are a million different drumbeats

Driving a million different songs

And my legs and arms want me to dance to all of them

Do you think anyone would notice

If I began dancing down the street

On this beautiful autumnal day?