The Work Progresses

Subtly, the palette changes —

bracken ferns to brown,

grasses back to green,

gold and orange along the river,

water vapor’s silver sheen

We raced the rain

all day yesterday

while the sun slowly made room

for more and more clouds

and the cat hunted happy in the field

and the needed tasks got done

And this morning,

rain holding off for just a while,

you added final touches

so now we can look up

and see the colors

and watch the rain.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 16, 2019