September Sojourns

Swirling whirling breeze

Leaves that dance and then are still

Fall lurks in the air

~Ellen Apple 09-07-2014

Last evening, I observed the tenacity of nature once again, as the dauntless spider has spun a larger web where the day prior another was swept away by broom and man. Spanning from canopy to eave, already ensnaring several gnats, Would that I could fearlessly and with great determination keep coming back when my efforts have been summarily dismissed,

~Ellen Apple 09-09-2014 

~Roger Apple 

~Roger Apple

~Roger Apple

Cold Night of Rain

By warmth of day or in cold night of rain

With love and support there for the taking

Just unable to scale that cliff again

Daily routines and dreams keeping me sane

All the while something inside me breaking

By warmth of day or in cold night of rain

The constant spent sobs unrelenting strain

Anticipating more years of aching

Just unable to scale that cliff again

Should each day be such an energy drain

Leaving one's soul numb with spirit quaking

By warmth of day or in cold night of rain

Once again thinking the dragon is slain

Knocked off kilter confidence left shaking

Just unable to scale that cliff again

Deciding at last to have no more pain

Not rash - it has been years in the making

By warmth of day or in cold night of rain

Just unable to scale that cliff again

~ Ellen Apple 09-09-2014

Written in memory of Scott who could not scale that cliff again.