Looking Forward

We stand at the brink of August

and consider the color changes —

grass from green to flaxen,

daisy stalks to brown

Sunflowers dominate the garden,

tomatoes coming in,

red tassels forming on the corn,

unknown peppers in dark green

There will be other years

when we can shepherd this,

when we have time and infrastructure

to tend the land —

for now we’ll do the work

to make us ready for it,

so we can read the signs

and understand.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 31, 2019