Autumn

The slanting, golden light
ushers in
the beginning
of a chill in the air.

Leaves turn dry
and curled bark drops,
casting faint shadows
on the grass,

signaling an end
to warm, summer days -
beckoning longer twilights
and warm, winter nights.

The Mighty Pacific

Together or Apart

Two minus one
only yields null,
if we view
the cup half empty,
and not half full.

We are whole as we are,
not wanting, not spare -
for God made
woman and man
so fair.