For just this moment:
sunrise paints the world red...gold
beneath October storm clouds.

Pre-dawn clouds rush by.
The town is dark, still, waiting...
Venus blinks on...off.

The spider scurries
to the corner,
hiding its face.

Mixed emotions leaving
a place with so many imprints.
Unfulfilled desires.

Changed perspective -
   popping Jewell Weed seeds
   with too rarely seen friends.

A photo for all time:
a laugh, a grin, a relieved sigh
  over a final toast.

   Feeling robbed of the payoff.
A card, a bowl of soup,
sunlight through clouds.