Light plays
Upon my stairway railing,
Marking time
Upon the kitchen floor,
Arranging shadows,
Like some ancient
Musical score.
Outside, trees
Shimmy and sway,
Blocking my view
Across the woods.
Branches crack
And crash
And bang
And litter
The ground.
The wind,
Which fills the sky,
Fills my lungs.
With each new gust,
I shout out
Loud.
George Loper, February 15, 2009
This photograph was taken in Charlottesville, Virginia on February 12, 2009.