Leaves Between Pages

Wisdom, myrtle trees and the road back from the summit.

Autumn.

Old books,
leaves between pages.
Myrtle trees,
their rings bestow stages.

Silver ring
on hand under trickling water.
Crystal creek,
the smooth stone's smiling daughter.

Patient rock,
peering from mountain summit far.
Gum-wooded slope,
fills with fog as thick as tar.

Clouds at the summit of Mount Kapatur (January 1st, 2022).

Cracked bitumen;
the flood is quiet underneath.
Below roads
caverns yawn for carnivals bequeathed.

Rabid carnival.
The wheels turn ceaseless circles.
Carousel mind;
let it linger on crepe myrtles.

Blushing petals,
and simple selfless leaves
between pages
in the old books of wisdom weaved.

Summer.