One A.M.

One a.m. And the rain finds me Here again At my tin top table Underneath the window pane Full on the feast of my day Laundered and ironed My cares put away Setting a table for Autumn's appearing Summer has faded, waves and skies clearing Pulling the overgrown buds from their stem In the quiet of drizzling rain One a.m. One a.m. And still with a smile I can trace Sketching from memory That look on his face When the nine o'clock hour brought him to me Late in the season to visit my sea Can't recall any words that I said As my heart like a thief Took the thoughts from my head Perhaps it was just an AMEN Remembering love... One a.m.