The goldfinches and house
sparrows eat greedily at
our feeder.
The parent turns its back on
the fluttering, demanding
adolescent who is fully grown
but unwilling to feed itself.
I identify and smile.

Much later in the morning,
birds (starlings?) wheel in
the cool, overcast sky,
Gathering themselves into
ever bigger flocks as they prepare to migrate.

The green leaves are just
beginning to blush with color
And have not yet begun to
tumble in earnest from
their branches.

My ambrosia cantaloupe languish
dark green and grapefruit-size on their vines.
Will they ripen before frost?

Carol says, "Seasonal changes and elemental fluctuations in nature between serenity and power, life and death, answer many of my spiritual questions when I tune in and pay attention."

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