Silver Maple

The rising sun shining through the red autumn leaves
Of the silver maple tree
With the distilled vibrancy of stained glass windows
Color spilling upon the ground
Highlighting the fallen timber with a watercolor hue of gold
From the rays of the wakening star.

Branches scattered among the dewy verdant grass
The pews of nature’s temple
God, illuminating this sanctified patch of seemingly ordinary land
With his son star
Whispering to them in that moment
They are exactly where they are supposed to be
They are happy.

Is it really God
Or their own hearts beating out the message
In their own language
In their world, a rare connection
A love elevated to heights reachable only by those
Who know
Know it’s secrets and are unafraid to unlock
Their reservations and taste all life’s ubiquitous unknowns
They are eager.

They both know this is the only path
The path to true discovery and self-acceptance
The closest thing to serene understanding
Yearned for and sought after by any scholar or philosopher
An insatiable hunger for knowledge
A knowledge that does not wilt the wonders of life
But fertilized its infinite mysteries
These two
They have found it within each other
They are quite content.

She lays with her head upon his chest
He softly fumbles with her ginger curls
Bodies forming a perpendicular congruency
Symbolizing how their lives
Once going in opposite directions
So innocently intersected and
Now so deeply intertwining
A vine wrapped around a twig
Becoming part of its existence in that characteristically winding manner
Feeding off each other in a most beautiful
Determined subsistence
They lay there silently
Saying so much
Looking up at the hazy blue sky with it fading twilight rim
Breathing in the fresh crispness of the fall breeze
Bring it deep into their lungs
They are fulfilled.

But,
What if he was like the others?
Like her mother, old boyfriends, her brother?
What if?
No, don’t think that way.
Just keep looking at the painted leaves of the silver maple tree.
Just keep listening to your heart language.
Just keep silently saying so much and
Be happy.Be eager.Be quite content.Be fulfilled.
While you can.
 

Reviews

[Wildecat]

Such a beautiful picture you have painted with your words. A truly enjoyable piece of work.