Purple Petals of Poetry

Sleepiness gifted me a lull to write these words

Photo by Fumiaki Hayashi on Unsplash

A plump bird
perched on a tall fence
as windblown feathers are fluffed
by a late summer breeze
time is paused during this reverie

A clump of trees
gathered in a ring of green
their leaves are the sound
of Nature’s…