In the Early Autumn Light

Photo by Zhen Hu on Unsplash

I love the light in the early autumn, when the sun starts to lose its burning edge and everything seems so defined by light.

the brown of your eyes glows like amber

skin vibrates in the near-dusk

every leaf in the tulip poplar in its own spotlight

each one inhales the cooling air

as they exhale, green breath across the evening,

shades of yellow kiss their edges

they shudder with ecstatic understanding