Down to the Earth

                                    Down to the Earth

The Maple tree's winged seeds
twirl and float , frolic
down to the earth ...
alighting atop dandylion float seed's
shallow grave
beneath waning scarlet orange traces ,
moss enslaved mushrooms
earth's winter blanket

Crispy oak leaves
glide ... waft ... liltingly
towards other distant horizons ;
adrift like silver dollar
sized snow flakes ,
dusting branches
skiff of golden sorrow ,
down to the earth ...

Laying where spring
buttercups bloomed ,
coyote eyes yellow ,
Spring's blue moon once graced ;
looking up and beyond ,
feeling as a strewn seed engendered ,
veiled by Autumn's
organic spawning redds

I'm down to the earth ... 

© Harlon Rivers ...2013