The hint of yellow
in September light,
the first chestnuts
littering the sidewalk,
my heart beating
after the run,
then walking beneath
the green cover of leaves
in the last warmth
of summer's end;
it's taken so long
searching for my own life
what a nice surprise
to come upon it suddenly
down this street, this day,
right here where I live.
(July 2007)
