Sandra Fowler - To Distance

Did you receive the leaf I sent to you?
It lit its yellow way across old roofs.
I hope it found a place upon your coat.
I'd like to know that autumn traveled safe.

Here on the very doorsill of the dusk,
Where nothing is as strong as the ebb tide,
Of light upon the landscape we once knew,
I drink a sunset cup to distance, Friend.

Previously published, 'Skylark, ', Purdue University Calumet

Sandra Fowler

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