Lifting

And on the fifth day

the fog lifted —

not just the fleeting thinning

where a pale disk of sun

almost comes out,

but the revealing

of a deeply generous sky

and free reign of a splendid sun

that shone through brilliant autumn leaves

raising them from bright to luminescent.

(They had already been warm enough,

against the grey skies, to lift my spirits —

today they affirmed what also showed

in my internal landscape —

the lush detail, the depth of perfection

with which each leaf, each cell,

each object in the universe

is defined.)

©Wendy Mulhern

October 23, 2013