slip-sliding away…..

Dancing shadows
on the wall,
born
from swaying trees
and delicate leaves
waiting
to leave –
Autumn falls –
on this May Monday morning.

A siren
in the distance outlives
the roaring motorbike,
while a dog barks
and birds chirp –
the soundtrack of silence
in the absence
of this home’s inhabitants.

The shadows grow still,
and soon
they will depart,
this everyday art
fading
as work resumes,
and the busy-ness of the week consumes
minutes hours days
of this life.

But
for just these moments
I
appreciate
the quiet;
a time to be still;
of solitude,
take my fill…