chagall backdrop

It’s still daylight
at the very tops
of the trees

up there
aerie still
remember the day

golden
on the ride down
it’s more night
the closer one
gets to the ground

at root the earth
gives up aroma
in warm loam

and fireflies lift-off
rendezvous flights
for the night

Mother Earth
please tuck us all
away safe

Won’t you bury me in
dry leaves?

© Chagall 2013