The Jewel Quality Of Hope

Leaves glimmer

saffron & amber

but they are sparce this year

set like the random jewel

amid limbs stiff,

reaching, searching

framing them in borders

of slate & of honey brown.

Hope seems to hover

in the same

waivering manner –

not easily found

but strikingly beautiful

when it is

discovered.

11-12-10

8:25am @ Edgehill Café

to meet with Hillary