Fertile Earth # 2

come, my lover, walk with me this fertile earth! undressing with autumnal passion.... can you hear the groan of the leaf turning from green to red to brown? can you feel the stamp of the deer? the alert fear of the squirrel hiding on the bare branches? can you smell the earth laid bare, uninhibited, awaiting the cover of snow? can you feel the hardness of this ghost ship, preparing to sail your stormy seas? can you taste the resin of the pine cut down for the fire? your mouth opens in anticipation of the first flakes upon your tongue...... and the chair by the fire awaits in stillness for your body curled into mine.... come, my lover.... walk with me this fertile earth!