day in, day out

when the world is a circle,
a sphere round and round
and the rain pounds down day in and day out,
where is it we can find rest?

when will the crisp red leaves arrive,
the sweet winter rains and the days of gray
and thunder and the sweet days of solitude?

it's red tulips right now,
it's blue skies,
open windows,
sandwiches and smoothies,
it's walks at night,
ice cream.

but soon the world will stop turning so fast,
the leaves will morph into standing color,
red, orange, and purple.
the trees will lose their living veins
and we will live for them even more,
waiting for the crisp colors to come,
the thunder and solitary days of gray,
and most of all waiting and wishing for
the sweet winter rains day in and day out.