god's country

                                        
                             Far as I can remember, God has been there
                           
                            on inner city subway lines approaching late evening
                           
                            as interchangeable pedestrians
                           
                            sidling down latent afternoon dooryards 
                           
                             of early autumn 
                           
                             leaves of auburn
                             oscillated gradually
                             downward
                             from withering branches  
                             of summer
                             once seethed in
                             tangerine rays
                             transfixed to daylight saving
                         
                            I watched you walk away
                            months prior to
                            Easter
                            and its flowering folly
                           
                            we bared witness to
                            oncoming spring
                             in its arboreal mannerism
                            our season as lovers faded
                            quickly
                            among the deadening treetops
                            of winter 
                            as squirrels scurried
                            atop the showering pine
                            frosted in mortal anticipation
                            of God's country
                            and his incurable essence
                           
                             January snowfall lingered
                             throughout eternity
                             blanched in tranquil reluctance
                            
                             of life
                            
                             and 
                             its lovingly kind predecessor
                            
                             Death